>>Taxpayers do this already: it's called grade school and high school. The public has an interest in an educated populace. If society has an interest in an edu

>>Taxpayers do this already: it's called grade school and high school. The public has an interest in an educated populace. If society has an interest in an educated populace, then we should go ahead and make college free for everyone by funding it directly with taxpayer money, versus indirectly with student loans.