Political officials, including presidential candidates and our current president, have proposed varying degrees of free education. Some are for completely government-paid education, while others have proposed two years of free community college.
Those opposing free education make the point that it will result in high taxation for the rest of the population, which in many people’s opinions isn’t fair.
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