Normally I'm not too cynical about politics (or most things), but in this case the policy was so obviously spectacularly bad that I find it hard to disagree. A

Normally I'm not too cynical about politics (or most things), but in this case the policy was so obviously spectacularly bad that I find it hard to disagree. And to be very clear: an extremely expensive short-term half-arsed fix that doesn't do a single thing to fix any systemic issues (and, in fact, will likely make them worse) is profoundly bad policy, no matter what you think about education policy in general. I was very disappointed at all people in favour of this, as it's just so obviously the wrong approach to fix anything as we'll be in the same (or worse) situation in 10 to 15 years. Fix college tuition fees first. Then you can start doing something about the existing debt if you want.