Should college in the US be free?

There is an argument to be made that paying for colleges create a sense of accomplishment within an individual or that it will reduce competition and incentives post-college…

What’s the point of college then?

There’s a consequential intuition that happens: you are born, then start school at the age of five, finish HS at the age of eighteen, then finish college at the age of twenty-two, work for the middle class for years to come, then retire at around your 70s. I feel that’s an unconscious stigma majority of Americans go through. I feel as though, there is some unweighted pressure on us that we have to go to college, to flourish in the middle class. You also have to remember: college is NOT an guarantee that you will find a middle to upper class-paying job. Theoretically, if I were to pay thousands of dollars for college just for me to not be financially set, would I have wasted years of my life and money I have earned for some job I could have gotten back in High school? I’m aware that there are some jobs that provide financial need if you intend to be a part of the middle class without a college degree, but only so many people fit the mold. The least we can do is to make college free, as though we have a higher chance of having financial immorality and thrive the middle class.