It was a lot easier to make college free when 20% of your high school graduates went on to college. Now that it's over 50% that's harder. OTOH, that in itself

It was a lot easier to make college free when 20% of your high school graduates went on to college. Now that it's over 50% that's harder. OTOH, that in itself shows that the increased tuition hasn't actually kept people from going to college.