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“ I worked a part time job and paid my own way through college”

And bought a house!

Tuition was free at UCLA until Reagan came along...

Correct. There were "fees" that were easy to pay even w the wages at the time. Free College is a traditional USA value, not a radical new idea. If only more knew our history!

My tuition was $250 because I was out of state

How do you cope with that level of student debt Look at how much they charge now. It is insane. I doubt this covers book, food or housing "The undergraduate 2020-2021 estimated tuition & fees for UCLA is $13,254 for California residents and $43,784 for out-of-state students."

If we didn’t raise the military budget the past 2 years the budget would have enough funding for tuition free college nationwide

Yep. Without the military budget increases we could have: 1) Gave every single homeless PERSON (not even family) a free house. 2) Ended world hunger. 3) Made college free at every state university in the country. 4) Gave every student internet access

My dad used that on me once, until I broke down the number of hours working at minimum wage it took to pay for college in his day (1970’s) versus my day (mid-2000’s) the numbers are astronomical.