Argumentative Essay: The College For All Act

An ambitious high school student, a current college student, and a parent could tremendously benefit from the College For All Act currently being debated in congress. It’s a bill that could send millions of children to college, and despite what Wall-Street's’ warring lobbyists argue, it can easily be affordable. It is funded by the Robin Hood Tax, a sister bill being introduced along-side the C.F.A.A. which innocently places a simple sales tax on Wall-Street speculation. The tax charges an additional one half of one percent charge for selling stocks, a much needed, but immensely modest discouragement of speculation, which has been among the main causes of economic crashes in recent history. Socialism comes to mind for several opponents of this bill, many people argue that they shouldn’t have to finance other peoples education and that those people should pay their own way through college. A …show more content…
Saddling America's young people with crushing debt isn’t going to help anyone. It’s obvious that something has to be done when student loans discourage people from even trying to go to college. There are many great ideas to ameliorate the situation, but none of them are nearly as creative and common sense as the C.F.A.A. One day, this bill may provide vital education to our children, our peers, ourselves, and then no one will have to worry about being able to afford going to college. Kids living in poverty in the inner city, farm kids traveling miles to town, ambitious teens living in the suburbs, all will have the same opportunity to get an education. In an America that has the C.F.A.A., your academic achievement defines your opportunity for higher education, and having the ambition to get it doesn’t require you to beg for scholarship handouts, ask your parents to pony up tuition, and, if all else fails, sell yourself into debt for half of your