Why a Free College Education is an Unrealistic Burden

Student’s Name: Instructor’s Name: Course: Date: Why College Education Should not be Free The question of a free college education is a complex debate that involves an interplay of social and economic effects on students and taxpayers. Unlike elementary education, a college degree is a personal investment the government’s funding of college education is an unrealistic. While it could increase consumer spending and lower the social costs of crime and healthcare, a free college education would reduce the value and marketability of degrees (Brint 186). While a free college education may increase personal incomes and consumer spending, it is an investment and not a right that students can claim from taxpayers a