[wesselbindt]

Because they can afford it. It's a redistribution tactic. You can also phrase it like this: college should be free for all to attend. Then, as long as you have a progressive tax scheme, the outcome is the same. Cheap for the poor, expensive for the rich.

[hooo]

Then are you suggesting buying anything should work like this?

[baq]

Are you suggesting education is like potatoes?

[ponector]

I would say it is more a service, like a massage or a week in a resort hotel.

[1dontknow_]

Like a massage? You can't be serious. I would consider it a basic service like healthcare, power, or water, so it should be easily accessible, have certain quality standards and very affordable, basically a decision to go there shouldn't have any financial impact.. but surely that's ideal.

[ponector]

And yet whoever works in education is not appreciated all around the world. For some reason whoever teach children lives on small salary(often minimal wage) but with high requirements.

[baq]

If you are an education provider, yes. If you are receiving education, I'd say it's totally different due to expected value added over the student lifetime.

[wesselbindt]

Not at all. But in markets with inelastic demand, I'd say this is probably the way to go.