It's not free, someone has to pay for it.
Pretty weird & ignorant post. When you talk about something being free, you talk about it being free or costing nothing from the perspective of the consumer/buyer.
That is kind of basic & you don't really need a Phd to know what the term "free" means or are people gonna come up with ridiculous new definitions to justify such posts?
He is not wrong in general terms, though.
He is totally wrong & is absolutely absurd about this. How can something not be free if it costs 0 $ to the user or consumer?
That is what the definition of free is - How much is charged from the user or how much the user is paying (0 $ in this case).
Can't believe this has to be argued with educated people !
In business, there is something call OTP or "Other People's Money". Donald Trump thrived off of it.
Nothing is free. It is paid for by you, or someone pays the equivalent costs
for you, which is called third party payer or other people's money.
Nothing is free. The teachers are getting paid, the building is being maintained etc. There is a per unit cost for every student, so no, it is not "free" to send anyone to college. "It is free only to extent that someone else is picking up the tab.
I went to college on pell grants, I have no problem with helping those who cannot afford college. But at no point did I consider what I was getting "free". I considered it a subsidized education at taxpayer expense for the betterment of society and I maintained a 4.0 average every semester until I graduated.
You may consider that "free" because it is not coming out of your pocket, but I must say that is a very irresponsible narrative that will encourage people to slack off because they are not paying for it themselves, when they should be doing the exact opposite and working harder because they been given an opportunity.
