One Year Service in Exchange For College

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1. I would not necessarily have a problem with that

however in practice this really has not worked thus far.

Students rack up increasing debt for school. Then they go into the military, Peace Corp, work on reservations, etc., however, only a small percentage is actually 'paid back'. So functionally, two or more years are loss of real income potential and future advancement for a what amounts to a pittance in repayment of the massive educational debt.

Personally, I would rather see free community or state college tuition. Then implement a one to two years of public service for all graduated students. They can do military or civilian service but it is not necessarily bound to their tuition debt as it is today.