>The more accurate framing is "100% of people pay for 100% of people to have the opportunity to go to college". It's not though. If you lack the aptitude then

>The more accurate framing is "100% of people pay for 100% of people to have the opportunity to go to college". It's not though. If you lack the aptitude then you will not have this opportunity. You will still have to pay for the ones that do go though. Oh, and they're going to be out-earning you in the future too. >Your framing would apply if there somehow were a group--people with blue eyes, people born in May, whatever--to whom access was limited. But this is the case though. Just look at college attendance in urban vs rural populations.