They just hear the word “free” and say “yeah man, the government has all billions of dollars. Why should we have to pay for college. They should pay for us to go to college! Hell, they can always just print more money!”
The 2nd step of “free” (where the money to pay the colleges actually comes from) eludes them, either because they aren’t told about it or don’t care to think about it
I’m afraid that many are graduating from universities without ever learning the differrence that the only thing that gives money value is when someone works for it. They seem to think that somehow just passing it to someone creates the value.