Completely agree that subsidizing university tuition is a regressive policy - taxing all of society to benefit the 33% of the population or so who go to college

Completely agree that subsidizing university tuition is a regressive policy - taxing all of society to benefit the 33% of the population or so who go to college. However, upfront fees of course are a big deterrent to poorer students, and that's not the only way to charge for tuition. I like Milton Friedman's proposal to tax a certain percentage of future earnings of students in exchange for paying for their fees. Australia has a similar income-contigent repayment system which has been very successful. I think it's fair that college graduates pay for the bulk of (all of?) their education, but I think it would be much better for college graduates (and society) if those fees were collected later in life and didn't cause crippling debt.