If legislators in Michigan have their way, that will include a college education. The proponents of the proposition say that high school graduates in the state could simply go on to college without paying for the education and without it costing the taxpayers a dime. After all, they say, the high school education didn’t cost anything, so why should college?

This comes from genius legislators in a state with fiscal problems that make California look downright frugal. It seems obvious that the legislators putting this proposal on the table do not have an elementary school education about finance and how things get paid for, so they are probably college grads themselves. As my parents used to tell me when I asked them to get me something extremely expensive and somewhat useless, the Michigan legislators probably plan on going out into the back yard and picking some cash off the money tree. Or perhaps they actually think that public education doesn’t cost anything because it is essentially free for the students.

Michigan’s unemployment rate is so high that they might think that schools get built by unemployed construction workers who are volunteering their services. The actual construction materials appear magically in the middle of the night. The schoolbooks are printed by education philanthropists because nobody, not even the schools themselves, should have to pay for educational materials. They also assume that the beneficent unions are paying the teachers out of the proceeds of union charity programs.

If you can do that with primary and secondary education, why not with college? Look at the savings to the students (no more college loans). Look at the savings to the taxpayers. How could anyone oppose such a good deal that benefits everyone and costs nobody anything?

Oh, sure, there are the detractors. On Fox Business, Tracy Byrnes asked: “Where’s the drive and the incentive to want to graduate to get into a good school?” Byrnes continued, “Not every kid should be in college. We need people to do other things … it is a silly silly idea and we cannot afford it.” Obviously, Byrnes is an elitist. Former M.A.S.H. cast member and current financial pundit Wayne Rogers said: “Smart students always find a way to get financial aid or scholarships.” Then, to add insult to injury, Rogers closed with “We have free educations in secondary schools today, and look what a mess that is.”

Even before this proposal can kick in, Michigan already faces the problem of college graduates who can’t read their own diplomas. But it’s a great opportunity for the secondary level school teachers to pass on the blame for certified ignorance to the college instructors. “We prepared them for college, how did they unlearn so much in the next four years?”

I’ve complained for years that I can find a dozen PhD’s who can’t find their way to the bathroom, but I can’t find a good auto mechanic. This proposal, if successful, would go a long way toward explaining why.

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If legislators in Michigan have their way, that will include a college education. The proponents of the proposition say that high school graduates in the state could simply go on to college without paying for the education and without it costing the taxpayers a dime. After all, they say, the high school education didn’t cost anything, so why should college?

This comes from genius legislators in a state with fiscal problems that make California look downright frugal. It seems obvious that the legislators putting this proposal on the table do not have an elementary school education about finance and how things get paid for, so they are probably college grads themselves. As my parents used to tell me when I asked them to get me something extremely expensive and somewhat useless, the Michigan legislators probably plan on going out into the back yard and picking some cash off the money tree. Or perhaps they actually think that public education doesn’t cost anything because it is essentially free for the students.

Michigan’s unemployment rate is so high that they might think that schools get built by unemployed construction workers who are volunteering their services. The actual construction materials appear magically in the middle of the night. The schoolbooks are printed by education philanthropists because nobody, not even the schools themselves, should have to pay for educational materials. They also assume that the beneficent unions are paying the teachers out of the proceeds of union charity programs.

If you can do that with primary and secondary education, why not with college? Look at the savings to the students (no more college loans). Look at the savings to the taxpayers. How could anyone oppose such a good deal that benefits everyone and costs nobody anything?

Oh, sure, there are the detractors. On Fox Business, Tracy Byrnes asked: “Where’s the drive and the incentive to want to graduate to get into a good school?” Byrnes continued, “Not every kid should be in college. We need people to do other things … it is a silly silly idea and we cannot afford it.” Obviously, Byrnes is an elitist. Former M.A.S.H. cast member and current financial pundit Wayne Rogers said: “Smart students always find a way to get financial aid or scholarships.” Then, to add insult to injury, Rogers closed with “We have free educations in secondary schools today, and look what a mess that is.”

Even before this proposal can kick in, Michigan already faces the problem of college graduates who can’t read their own diplomas. But it’s a great opportunity for the secondary level school teachers to pass on the blame for certified ignorance to the college instructors. “We prepared them for college, how did they unlearn so much in the next four years?”

I’ve complained for years that I can find a dozen PhD’s who can’t find their way to the bathroom, but I can’t find a good auto mechanic. This proposal, if successful, would go a long way toward explaining why.

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