Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Saturday, April 27, 2019

US Government Spending On Colleges Is Already Higher Than In The Countries With "Free" College"

Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have both come out in favor in "free" public colleges and universities. The scheme could be funded, as CNN describes it, by "drastic increase in federal spending on higher education."

Much of the rhetoric around swirling around this issue relies on the idea that government spending on higher education in the United States is significantly lower than most other wealthy countries.

The narrative goes like this:
"everyone knows that Americans are incredibly stingy when it comes to spending on government services. 'Public spending' on higher education is much lower here than in Europe and Japan, and because of this, people must spend much more on higher education."

More 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The talk and bluster by Sanders and Warren regarding "free" college evidently didn't merit any investigation before the statements were made.

Anonymous said...

What do you call a person who steals behind your back? THIEF!

What do you call a person who steals right in front of your face? A Democrat!

Hows that free education for ya?

SMH!

Anonymous said...

The difference being they don’t have 1000’s of professors making a quarter of a million or more per year. These liberals want the Socialist system, yet they expect a full Capitalist salary. Sorry, it doesn’t work that way girls and boys.