The "adult" adjective was applied by me to the debates. Not, methinks, to the members of this forum....although those calling democrats traitors in another thread is said behind the safety of a keyboard and wouldn't be advisable in front of some of us.
I paid for my education as well. And it took the GI Bill along with working 20 hours or so a week to help afford some of it. We can argue about it til the cows come home, but education is how we win in the long run. I think scholarship is more important than sports, but it seems that most folks don't have a problem throwing a ton of cash and taxes at sports venues.
This is a much different world than it was in the 70's. I don't know when it changed to "I got mine, go get yours" from a sense of community, but I think it stinks and I also believe that attitude will be the ruin of this nation.
Making stuff worth working for free will be ruin of this nation, much like free room and board has been the ruination of many a family. College educations are already so cheaply viewed, many jobs that used to be had with a high school education now "require" a degree. This is education inflation. When I was starting out, I knew engineers, damned smart ones, that didn't have a college degree. Now, I know electrical engineers that can't figure out why their Christmas lights start blowing fuses when they string too many of them together. Not everybody needs college to do the jobs that need to be done. People are wasting their money and enslaving themselves. It needs to stop. Making it "free" will only exacerbate the problem.