UNITED STATES TO OFFER FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION
TO ALL RESIDENTS.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR INCOME LEVEL OR AGE OR
GENDER OR EVEN ANY OF OTHER STUFF YOU SEE WHEN YOU ARE
FILLING OUT A FAST PERFORM.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR AT LEAST
A YEAR AND HE WILL QUALIFY FOR THIS FREE TUITION.
SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR AND LEE ANNOUNCED IT WOULD START SETTING
ASIDE 5.4 MILLION PER YEAR TO COVER ENROLLMENT FEES AND OTHER
EXPENSES FOR CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO STUDENTS, MAKING IT
THE FIRST CITY IN THE NATION'S OFFER FREE TUITION TO RESIDENTS.
ALSO THE COLLEGE WE USE 2.1 MILLION OF THAT TOTAL EACH YEAR
TO COVER THE COST OF CREDIT CLASSES FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
WHO HAVE LIVED IN SENTENCES GO FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
SO THIS IS GREAT.
AND I THINK THAT IT DOES TWO THINGS.
1ST OF ALL OF COURSE IT HELPS PEOPLE AFFORD A COLLEGE
EDUCATION WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT IT IS
FINALLY TAKING MONEY AND INVESTING IT BACK INTO THE
PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO SPENDING ON NONSENSE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF I THINK TAXPAYER MONEY SHOULD
BE USED FOR BUT IT IS ALSO A WAY TO COMBAT GROWING ISSUE IN
THE BAY AREA PARTICULARLY SAN FRANCISCO OF INCOME INEQUALITY.
YOU SEE THOSE WORKING IN SILICON VALLEY MAKING A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE, PRETTY
MUCH EVERYONE ELSE KIND OF GETTING SHUT OUT OF SAN
FRANCISCO BECAUSE IT IS BECOMING SO UNAFFORDABLE.
EXACTLY, AND LOOK JUST DOING IT LOOKS GOOD FOR YOUR CITY
IF YOU WANT THE RECOGNITION EVERYTHING, BUT THINK ABOUT
PEOPLE CAN MOVE NOW FREELY REVENUE ONE AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND YES, YOU HAVE TO PUT A COUPLE ME DOLLARS TO PAY
FOR THIS TUITION BUT IF YOU CAN THEORETICALLY BRING IN A FEW
THOUSAND RESIDENTS EACH YEAR, THOSE PEOPLE WILL PAY TAXES.
THEY MIGHT LIVED THERE FOR DECADES.
THIS COULD MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE FOR A CITY TO PROVIDE THIS
AS AN INITIAL OUTLAY OF MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE
LIFELONG RESIDENTS AND RAISE FAMILIES THERE, PAY TAXES
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
THIS COULD BE GREAT FOR CITIES TO SET UP IF THEY WANT TO
GET THAT MONEY LONG-TERM.
EXACTLY.
THERE ARE OTHER CITIES AND STATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
THAT ARE TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS TO MAKE COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE
AND SO THERE ARE VARIOUS POLICY IDEAS BEING PUT OUT THERE BUT
NONE OF THEM ARE AS I GUESS LIBERAL AD OR PROGRESSIVE
AS THIS ONE IS BECAUSE THIS ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR
INCOME LEVEL.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED, BUT IF YOU DO
THIS, IF YOU JUST OFFER FREE TUITION ACROSS THE BOARD, THEN
WEALTHY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT BECAUSE WEALTHY
PEOPLE ARE DYING TO SEND THE RICH KIDS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
IF A BUNKER TRUMP WANTS TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO CITY
COLLEGE, LET HER.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING, I DON'T REALLY CARE.
IF A WEALTHY FAMILY WANTS TO SEND THEIR CHILD TO A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE THAT HAS FREE TUITION, AWESOME.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND, SOME OF THE PRIVATE COLLEGES
DESPISE THIS BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE IT IS GOING TO HURT THEIR
BOTTOM LINE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE LIKELY TO GO FOR MORE
AFFORDABLE OPTIONS.
MAYBE YOU WILL LOWER YOUR PRICES A LITTLE BIT.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST ARGUMENT DURING THE CALIFORNIA
PRIMARY WHEN WE HAD THE DUELING EDUCATIONAL DEBATES AND
HILLARY CLINTON SAYS, I AM NOT GOING TO SET UP A PLAN THAT
IS GOING TO BENEFIT DONALD TRUMP.
BARRON TRUMP IS NOT GOING TO YUKON.
THAT IS A SILLY ARGUMENT AND EVEN IF ONE OR TWO DID, IT WOULD
BE SUCH A SMALL PORTION OF THE FUNDING, TO SET THAT UP AS THE
ESSENTIAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO POLICIES IS RIDICULOUS,
WHETHER A DEMOCRAT IS MAKING THAT ARGUMENT OR REPUBLICAN.
THIS IS GOOD AND HOPEFULLY IT SPREADS TO OTHER CITIES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AFFORD COLLEGE.