It's funny when people talk about not being able to afford college. That's only sort of true. Everyone is able to go to college. Because everyone is able to get a government backed unsecured student loan. But the ripple effect of the government making regulations like that is that you have colleges becoming corrupt as anywhere. They let students in who don't belong, charge way more then they should and spend way too much money. The reason they are able to get away with it is because the government is handing out basically blank checks. People go to college and get worthless degrees that will take them nowhere because they aren't actually paying for that education.
A free education system sure as hell isn't a solution to any of this.