The reason tuition increases is that we have tuition. If public institutions were tuition free, this wouldn't be an issue. And yes, we have the money; we alread

The reason tuition increases is that we have tuition. If public institutions were tuition free, this wouldn't be an issue. And yes, we have the money; we already spend the equivalent of total tuition on other things. We just haven't decided to spend the money on tuition, instead of on some of those other things. We have the choice.