Rep. Rangel’s Solution To Student Loans: Free College

Cybercast News Service ^ | July 17, 2013 - 11:42 AM | Eric Scheiner

[Olog-hai]

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) says, “we shouldn’t even be charging young people to go to school.” …

“In the long run, it would seem to me, that we shouldn’t even be charging our young people to go to school because ultimately our country and our treasury is the beneficiary,” Rangel says. …

[D Rider]

Imagine all the waste, if people with no intentions of really learning anything, didn't have to pay for it. One big free party.

You mean just like high school? That is why entering freshmen have to take all those remedial courses. I guess we could offer the remedial courses when you go for your masters or doctorate now, (assuming students will have to pay for those.)

[ballplayer]

Fine,if professors agree to work for free,the electric company provides service for free,book companies provide them for free,computer companies like Apple provide them for free,same for pencil,paper,food housing is provided for free,this would be great,hey maybe Congress and all of Washington could work for free!
Why the hell didn’t we think of this before! Way to go Charlie

[mountn man]

Public education coasts between $10-$11+K a year per student. Imagine if parents were responsible for paying the full load of their kids. I’m sure a lot more kids would be doing a lot better in school.

[mountn man]

Don't forget someone would have to donate land for schools. Someone would have to donate building materials. Construction workers would have to work for free, building the schools. Maintenance workers would have to work for free keeping the buildings up and running. Then every 10 years or so, when they remodel or update, more material would have to be given, AGAIN, and the workers would have to comeback and work for free, AGAIN.

Imagine, football stadiums and sports arenas at colleges, ALL FREE.

Hey look...There goes a unicorn.

[D Rider]

Public education coasts between $10-$11+K a year per student. Imagine if parents were responsible for paying the full load of their kids. I’m sure a lot more kids would be doing a lot better in school.

Need to just plain stop student loans also, (the main reason for stupid waste of time degrees.) With the lack of education from public education, we could then cut back on welfare, (like that will ever happen,) since the kids could get jobs and help support the family.

[D Rider]

Imagine, football stadiums and sports arenas at colleges, ALL FREE.

Shouldn't professional sports also be free? We could give away seats by a free lottery!

[ballplayer]

I can’t believe it has taken 230 years,I am sure you have said many times,We live in a FREE country,who knew?

[Political Junkie Too]

Is this before or after Rangel drafts them into the military?

-PJ