[frank ballenger]

Old system: run out of money in college, phone home, mom and dad send more money. Mom and dad go broke.

New system: College students get free education. Mom and dad pay huge new taxes including for people they never met (new college student illegals who arrived last week, Belushi character party guy types who fear seven years of college is going down the drain).

Mom and dad go broke. Sounds familiar.

[4Liberty]

The trillion or so “forgiven” will just be added to the government’s existing $22 Trillion owed.

Young people will have to pay off this debt in the future (either with taxes or via more inflation).
If students think this will be “free” to them - that is entirely false and is ludicrous - and this reality SHOULD be the first point emphasized, in stories like this...

[Cronos]

I'm in favour of free universities - like in Germany - BUT it should be LIKE IN GERMANY:

1. Sell off all the dorms, etc.
2. eliminate all the sports teams and coaches and sports scholarships - you're in college to study
3. eliminate all gender studies etc. - the free education streams are based on what industry forecasts they will need in 5 years
4. Reduce the number of colleges etc. so that you only get the best of the best in STEM etc.
5. No free tuition for MBAs, art appreciation etc. - if you want to study that, study it on your own dime