> >My opinion of college is that it is a good thing for some people, if they
> >know what they want to do and choose a practical major.  There are a lot of
> >unemployed and underemployed folks who chose a major they thought they'd
> >enjoy but does not really translate to anything they can make a living
> >doing.  Since they probably took on a lot of loan debt in doing so, it
> >would be nice to be able to make $$$ to pay it off.

> Why?  The state of Louisiana has free tuition program called TOPS.
> This program is very popular for students, and it is political suicide
> for legislators to do away with it.  So why not give the people what
> they want?  Free college tuition should be for everybody in this
> country, not just those in Louisiana, and in Georgia (which has a
> similar program).

Even if it is FREE, what is the point of going to college if what you major
in will not obtain you gainful employment?  If I could have found gainful
employment without my degree, I sure would not have wasted that time.

I would rather not see my tax money going towards a program where a kid can
get a degree in, say, English Lit, not find a job, and then sit around
complaining about the "poor job market (for their poorly chosen major)"
while continuing to live off of the government.  That is dumb.

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