Free College for Everyone!

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Not sure about the US context, but in the UK when we refer to 'free' healthcare, what is actually meant is: free at the point of need. It does not mean 'free' of cost in absolute terms. Someone has to pay for it - whether that is directly, or through taxation, or national insurance.

I suspect that the same meaning should be attached to the use of the word free in America when discussing healthcare, education etc. Nobody is suggesting that the cost of education will disappear - just that the person accessing education will not have to pay for it directly.

That is exactly what the picture in my post said.

Hence the last panel of the HUMORous post I made (attempted):

I do not think it means what you think means.