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(07-23-2018, 02:50 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Also not a socialist policy, but a policy I am not largely in favor of. There ought to be policies in place to increase access to tuition, but just a generic "free college tuition" thing is stupid. Policies geared to educating the work force, whether it be through trade schools, business schools, or liberal arts education are a good thing and help foster a more democratic society, but there hasn't been any good policies, IMHO.

All of that being said, this is also not a great example of what you are talking about. Not only is it not a socialist policy, it is also favored by a majority. A poll done last year found that about 63% of Americans overall supported the policy, including a slim majority of Republicans and 50% of self-identified Tea Party types.

I said socialistic, not a socialist policy, as there is a difference in the two. Meaning, a government that mandates free college or free healthcare, is socialistic in nature like how Social Security is (which I endorse), but not full blown socialism.

Now while I admit there has been an increase in support of this overall based on other sources than just this one poll of 1994 voters, I am bit skeptical of this as well One reason I am skeptical is because I have yet talked to anyone that actually supports free college tuition. Even many if not most in here seemed opposed to it, which is odd for something that supposedly is favored by most Americans.