If you give something away for free, people see little value in it.
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I keep trying to tell my girlfriends this yet they continue on that path. Hahaa
On a more serious note, government has a pretty good record of mucking up everything they touch, being completely inefficient and generally driven by factors that have nothing to do with things they seek to affect. IOW, they do things that on the surface have merit or value on some level but then the system they use to do anything is completely inadequate and corrupt. There's no issue in the current system that is blocking any reasonable person from getting an education, poor or not. 4951