We are coming out of a recession in which a lot of busyjobs were lost and not replaced. Younger people are also coming out of college with tens of thousands in student loans and many can't seem to find employment in those busyjobs in offices anymore and end up unemployed or underemployed. Enter politician making promises to do away with or alter significantly things that are drags on your life...namely paying for college. Talk of fair and equal and human right this and that. It's a cult of empowering personality. The issue is what appeals to them now, in the current financial situation, may not appeal to them a few years from now. When they get a better job and all these freebies have to be paid for and, say, they aren't netting all that much more despite an increase in gross salary. See the gripes about ACA and the increases in premiums/reductions in benefits to cover the cost of an influx of subsidized users. We are all "someone else" to someone else. When "someone else" or the "wealthy" or "those with more" are tapped to pay, sometimes the line in the sand falls further down than one thinks and suddenly you're that someone else.

The best but hardest thing to do right now is bring levity and logic to the claims he is making. There doesn't seem to be any plan, just an idea bomb thrown out on the campaign trail that has blown up into a groundswell of support. But, nothing is free so who exactly will pay? How many are in this defined group? What is the total cost? What other things may be impacted by it that might cause some problems as unintended consequence?