Political officials, including presidential candidates and our current president, have proposed varying degrees of free education. Some are for completely government-paid education, while others have proposed two years of free community college.
Those opposing free education make the point that it will result in high taxation for the rest of the population, which in many people’s opinions isn’t fair. Those for free college education make the point that in this day and age, college education is unofficially required to succeed in the workforce, and thus should be as free as high school. We need to find a middle ground.
It’s true that making all college education completely free will raise taxes, unfairly in many cases. But it’s also true that higher levels of education is a necessity in modern America. Many suffer from huge student debts, spending decades of their lives paying it off. Those who choose not to, or simply can’t, go to college aren’t able to go as far in the workforce to get higher-paying jobs, and thus live a harder life.
President Obama’s proposal of two years free community college is a perfect compromise. I urge America to support it. While there will still be taxation, it will be much less, and two more years of education will help boost many people in life.
