Comments about free college idea

This criticism is about my classmate post " Free college education, more affordable education?" .

First, I think this is a very nice idea and I think every student would love to discuss that. Why? Because besides studying hard, we don’t have to worry about tuition, don’t have to worry about figuring out a job while we are handling too much pressure from class, from deadlines and school projects. Paying tuition for college, it’s not only the responsibility for students, but sometimes, it is also the responsibility of parents who have kids go to college and they make good income. According to Chau’s article, the college tuition fee is not cheap at all. I agree with that.

 I go to both ACC and Texas State University, and on average, my tuition fee is always over $10,000 per year. This amount deducts my Texas Grant and Federal Grant money, I support to pay out of pocket $5,000 per year. However, I agree to submit the subsidized loan, not the unsubsidized one to cover the rest of my tuition fee. I’ve been in college for 4 years, my student loan will be around $20,000 after I graduate and I don’t have to pay it back after 6 months when I graduate. Absolutely, I can make a payment plan for my student loan and I am confident that my job in the future can help me to get this loan pay off soon. To myself, the tuition fee is not really a big problem while I am in college and my parents didn’t pay for me any pennies. I am from Vietnam and in this country, I don’t think the government supports their students as the US government. At least, in the US, the government still supports college students by granting them a part of the tuition fee and offering them the loan to pay in advance. I already appreciate it.  Moreover, I came to the US when I was 19 so I didn’t have a chance to go to elementary or high school here. But I appreciate the US government for granting all the kids under 18 to go to school, get their basic general knowledge in public school.

Other countries offer free college and I think the US starts doing that in some certain states based on Chau’s information. However, it is difficult to offer free college for the whole country. Moreover, our country has too many people and people sometimes demand too many benefits from the government.

Talking about the solution how do we offer free college? I think most the colleges and some sponsors of college do offer the scholarship. I think it is a very great way to reward our studying hard students. And, if students are serious to study and want to help themselves for tuition fee, trying their best to get the scholarships are very reasonable. The proposing solution about raising tax for millionaires or billionaires is kind of hard for these people. Why? Because I think at the current tax rate, I think the US government did charge them lots of tax already. I know they are rich people, but they also used to study hard and work really hard every day to be a millionaire or billionaire.

In conclusion, I think it is reasonable for the US government may cut down the tuition fee standards to colleges or universities but offering free college for the whole country is very challenging for the government.

The border wall, worth it or no?

The border wall is always the hot topic to be discussed recently when people mention about US national government: the reason to create this wall, anyone agrees or disagrees, the cost of the wall, any pros, and cons of this wall and so on. So, let’s take a moment to circle back what we’ve heard and discussed and what my personal thinking is about this problem.

The wall became a symbol for Trump’s presidency, a promise that he would limit immigration. The thing is, he has been very effective at making immigration more difficult for people trying to enter legally and illegally – yet the wall project still eludes him. Why does Trump want to limit immigration? Illegal immigration is estimated to cost the United States millions of dollars in lost income tax revenue. People who own business take advantage of this issue then hiring illegal immigrants at the low pay rate, no recording for-pay stuff. To anyone who illegal immigrants, this is the chance for them to survive in the US land, make incomes and pay no tax because they don’t have their legal identification. Moreover, illegal immigration is considered as a strain on government spending by overburdening social welfare, health, and education programs.

Historically, policing borders has been integral to the preservation of nations around the globe for centuries. The construction of a barrier to safeguard American citizens from illegal activities is considered by some to be in the best interest of the nation. However, there are more than 60% of American opposed the border wall of president Trump.

The pros of a border barrier include overall homeland security, the cost of lost tax revenue and strain on government resources and the past successes of border enforcement. How're about the cons of the border wall? According to washingtonpost.com, it would take more than 10 years to build the kind of 1000 miles wall by around 10,000 construction workers. In reality, the US-Mexico border is around 1,150 miles long, 40 feet high, 10 feet deep into the ground and 1 foot wide, crosses very vast deserts and mountains in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. How much will it cost? It costs about $25 billions but that number is not official, it can be more if the US government actually makes a decision to agree with Trump and build it. Has Trump ever wondered that if it’s worth to build the wall? In my opinion, the fund to build this world may be way too high compared with the loss of tax income that the US has to face.

Instead, if the president wants to prevent illegal immigration problems, there are some other multiple ways to do. The government can have more officers who can access to some businesses such as groceries stores, restaurants… where owners tend to hire cheap labor and check their identification. Moreover, the US government can establish some strict punishment to whoever breaks the law being illegal immigrants or supports illegal immigrants.