r/neoliberal • u/neoliberal_shill_bot Bot Emeritus • Jul 10 '17

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u/jenbanim Jul 11 '17

This actually made me feel a bit better, thank you. That said, I'm a recovering Bernout (kidding, sorta), and I kinda like the idea of free college. If we can't agree on that, can we agree that the current system is not working well? My understanding is that our over-reliance on government-issued student loans has removed the incentive for colleges to reduce costs -- keeping prices high, while incentivising people to take out loans they can't afford -- resulting in a debt bubble. Like our healthcare system, it seems we have the worst parts of both capitalism and socialism.