Democratic debates

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by That Guy

as far as free college - the studies on the original GI bill showed that every $1 spent on getting GIs degrees resulted in adding $7 back into the economy. if done right, free college can actually be a net gain.

so why not have the folks who want "free" tie it too military service? I heard this argument from my far right friends.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

so why not have the folks who want "free" tie it too military service? I heard this argument from my far right friends.

They could tie it to a lot of programs, work study, community service, etc.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by MTK

They could tie it to a lot of programs, work study, community service, etc.

I could totally get behind something like that......

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

so why not have the folks who want "free" tie it too military service? I heard this argument from my far right friends.

well, if you join the military it is free. i can get up to 72k if i go full time (that's mainly cost of school + monthly stipend). plus a lot of colleges do yellow ribbon, where if the school costs more than the GI bill pays, the government and the school will split the difference, so it's free.

there are also a lot of schools that are sort of fraudulent trying to cash in on naive GIs and give them crappy educations.