I think it's far easier. College debt, from the perspective of many, is a necessity, but a greater one than a car. Think of the way many pundits describe the W

I think it's far easier. College debt, from the perspective of many, is a necessity, but a greater one than a car. Think of the way many pundits describe the White working class. It's not just with regret, but with outright disdain: these people are repulsive. Someone with a car could be characterized as low status or poor, but few would argue he or she is somehow subhuman. Against this backdrop, "free college" seems like a no-brainer: you need a car for the utilitarian purposes of moving around, but without a college education your life simply lacks value. It isn't that you might die if you don't have an education, but that you're not alive unless you have one.