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aggiesal

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7. Before Ronnie Reagan was governor here in California ...

Reply to TuskMoar (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 27, 2022, 10:26 PM

Apr 2022

we had free college for anyone that got accepted into a public university.
This included the UC system and the Cal State system, along with any public Community College (Jr. College). This did not apply to any private school like Stanford or Southern Cal.

Ronnie Reagan said, why should we pay for everyone's college education, when all they're going to do when they graduate is protest eveything I'm for?
So he got rid of free college system.

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Time to subsidize 100% college educations for public universities. ... [View all] aggiesal Apr 2022 OP

Most 1st World countries don't send as many people to college as we do. brooklynite Apr 2022 #1

Fewer students (percentage) go to college in most of those countries greenjar_01 Apr 2022 #2

Indeed, and so to some extent, online programs are making it worse Redleg Apr 2022 #5

How do you decide who gets to go and who doesn't? TuskMoar Apr 2022 #3

Before Ronnie Reagan was governor here in California ... aggiesal Apr 2022 #7

Why haven't any succeeding governors reinstated it? MichMan Apr 2022 #11

Strict entrance exams iemanja Apr 2022 #10

I support partial subsidies Redleg Apr 2022 #4

That will never sell on this site. MerryBlooms Apr 2022 #6

I don't know why not, most of us went through public schools through 18 years old ... aggiesal Apr 2022 #8

Agreed obamanut2012 Apr 2022 #12

Most first world countries do not do it iemanja Apr 2022 #9

And many do obamanut2012 Apr 2022 #13

Do you also know iemanja Apr 2022 #16

vocational training too MissMillie Apr 2022 #14

How are costs reduced, or do colleges get to charge whatever they want? MichMan Apr 2022 #15

Giving tax breaks to billionaires is wrong. BlueCheeseAgain Apr 2022 #17