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| Yes | 67% | 397 votes | Total: 595 votes | |
| No | 33% | 198 votes |
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by Luke Bawden
Our children are our future so guiding them and helping them is as paramount as is not giving them a free lunch. Why must the policy be all the benefits for the select few and m...read more
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Considering what college costs along with the importance and value of a college education in today's society versus what college actually costs it is vital the government contri...read more
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Does the government not expect its citizens to compete internationally? So often, we hear the cry of Capitol Hill that we are failing, as Americans, to produce a work force tha...read more
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Did you know that Annual College Tuition costs a student between six thousand and twenty thousand dollars? Did you know the minimum wage in the United States is less then six do...read more
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Yes, but the key word here is "help! Now, it makes more sense to educate a student with government spending, than it does to allow people to continually collect welfare, and the...read more
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Actually, I'm not sure that students should EXPECT the government to help pay for college expenses, but I do think that they have a right to apply for help from the government! ...read more
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Education is the key ingredient to the successful and promising futures of our youth. More than ever before, it is essential that we raise up a generation of educated men and w...read more
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14,000! ahhhhhh! As someone who has just finished with student life and is now fourteen thousand pounds in debt, I fully believe that the government shouldstep in and help with ...read more
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Absolutely, yes! When we send our children to primary schooling, we don't have to write out a tuition check, why should we for when they go to secondary schooling? No, I do not ...read more
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by Foxbaron
Most definitely yes, just as soon as the student serves a period of time in service to their nation. I think the government should pay for every child's college education i...read more
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Two centuries ago, a primary education was all that was truly necessary to make a decent living in America. If a man had mastered reading, writing, 'rithamtic, he had sufficien...read more
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by Ana Dias
Since I became aware of the fact that in UK it's more expensive to send someone to prison than to Eton, I totally agree that the government should help students pay for college ...read more
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An educated society is an asset for any nation and a key factor in its prosperity. It brings direct and indirect gain and contributes to the overall growth of the country. So ev...read more
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Higher Education Cost and Who Pays? When it comes to higher education, should the federal and state governments provide aid for students? Losing Ground assesses the affordabil...read more
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Government already does pay for many college expenses. Did you know that if you attend a public university, the state is already paying a large fraction of what it costs to edu...read more
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by John Graham
In many countries it costs nothing to get an education because the government subsidizes education. Only, it seems, in this country are children of taxpayers cast out into a sea...read more
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by Lisa Kooper
I do believe that the government should be among many sources of aid to college students. There are thousands of sources of funds, and local, state, and federal grants and loan...read more
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by A Penry
Of course they should expect it. Why should we penalise a person for wanting to learn by charging them thousands to do so? If a person seeks further education then the gover...read more
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In doing so the government is investing in the economic future and prosperity of this nation. The way the current system is, it is unusually difficult to make any type of livin...read more
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The government has funds to pay for education up to twelfth grade in the public school system. With only a bit of re-allocation from say military programs, we could also do mor...read more
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by Erica Lester
If the question is "should the government be expected to help pay for college expenses?" the answer is yes. Based on need, I would never argue that the government should help a...read more
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First off, if students expect the government to pay for college expenses, they've got a huge storm brewing, and it's going to rain all over their parade. That's just poor planni...read more
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by Sam Hardt
And after college? Should Uncle Sam shell out for a nice wardrobe for the graduate? Maybe some of that pricey linen stationery on which to type a resume? Where does it end? Subs...read more
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by Stuart Kent
The costs of a college education, in this country, should not be, by any means, a responsibility of the federal government. I will have two children in college this coming fall ...read more
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by the zohn
Back in the early '80s, when I was in university, I would have said "yes" without reservation, and not just because I needed the money. In the middle '90s, when I began teach...read more
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Our government has many issues that need to be resolved for the benefit of our society and paying for your college is not one of them. I am appauled that anyone would even cons...read more
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by John Wilmore
The decision to attend college is often times the most arduous and important in a young person's life. Not only does the decision affect the coming years in the short term, but...read more
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Education > Colleges & Universities > Financing College I think it is a very good investment in the government helping our fellow students with financial problems they...read more
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NO, students should not expect the government to help pay for college expenses! The law mandates that students be provided government supported education through high school. ...read more
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by Saurabh Pal
Students should expect the government to help pay for college expenses only if they are willing to share their salary with the government after they graduate and land themselves...read more
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For me i think student relying on Government for there college fees and other legal expenses in college is something crucial.I think it is the right of the parent to suit there ...read more
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by Carine Nadel
Students should not expect the government to help pay for their college expenses. College has always been considered to be the step above and beyond the "typical" courses of st...read more
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by Lance
Government should promote education, not fund it. But if they insist on it, it's much more efficient to fund the institutions rather than the students directly. Raising the qual...read more
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by K. Kemper
A first year law student learns about such terms as JURISDICTION [was the crime/act committed in your area], is the crime a misdemeanor or felony? Intent to commit a crime. And ...read more
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These days we are living in a culture where some people expect the government to pay for everything. It's like people think that the government gets money to spend on all these...read more
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Only the GI bill has ever re-paid for itself more dollars coming back to the American taxpayer than were paid out to the Veterans as an investment in their education. Part of t...read more
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by Bill Whitney
Although covering college expenses for students who really need the help and are serious about getting an education would be money a lot better invested than most of the money t...read more
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Students should not expect the government to help pay for college. It is a privilege and should remain that way. There should be no expectation unless you meet the requirements....read more
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How can anyone expect the Federal government to pay for post-secondary education when all of these politicians work so hard that they need to give themselves 24% raises every ye...read more
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Students should not expect government assistance in paying college expenses for several reasons. One, government assistance translates into higher taxes after college. Wheneve...read more
