At 5'4" I don't expect the government to subsidize me going to basketball camp to realize my life-long dream of dribbling with the pros.
I'm not making an even remotely analogous argument.
It's a fact that folks are born with different talents. A wise society will nurture the ones that exist, not mindlessly throw money at the ones that don't.
It's a fact that people are born with the capacity to
develop multiple talents. Higher education allows these talents (critical thinking, for example) to be developed. A wise society will nurture all individuals, for all individuals are capable of developing beneficial talents. You're making a very biological determinism-esque argument.
But free bachelors degrees to anyone with a few years to burn isn't one of those improvements.
Umm, yeah, many people seeking associates or bachelor's degrees aren't people who are doing that just because they have a "few years to burn." It's because they are seeking a means out of a poverty cycle.
Oh, and you say that free bachelor's degrees isn't one of "those improvements." What makes you think that?
Years of Affirmative Action have accomplished nothing.
Except that you're wrong. See, e.g.,
here,
here,
here,
here, and
here.
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