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- Free Healthcare – Healthcare in the US should free and accessible for everyone. This would give the US government an incentive to keep everyone healthy as they would be responsible for covering everyone’s medical cost. So the less people that get sick the less cost the US government would be responsible for.
- Free higher education – Higher education in the US should be free. This would allow talented students who can’t afford college to attend and would help the US retain high potential students who can contribute significantly to the economy.
- Shifting away from pay-to-play models in sports – Shifting away from pay-to-play models in sports would remove this financial barrier and give more kids an opportunity to play. Also when access is restricted by cost, talented athletes may be overlooked simply because their families can’t afford high fees. Shifting away from this pay-to-play model would remove this overlook of talented athletes.
Shifting away from pay-to-play models in sport https://projectplay.org/news/low-income-kids-are-6-times-more-likely-to-quit-sports-due-to-costs/
The article from Project Play’s indicates that low-income youth are six times more likely to quit sports due to costs. This cause talented athletes to no longer be able to participate in the sport they love and forcing them to purse other things. The article further highlights that wealthy families can more easily switch teams or find alternatives when issues arise, whereas low-income families are often stuck with fewer options. This comparison emphasizes the need for affordable, community-based programs to foster continuous engagement and prevent economic limitations from ending young athletes’ involvement in sports. “Youth ages 6-18 from low-income homes quit sports because of the financial costs at six times the rate of kids from high-income homes, according to a national survey of parents by the Aspen Institute’s Project Play initiative and Utah State University’s Families in Sport Lab.”
Free higher education https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2019/12/free-college-deming
Free college is seen as a strategic move to prepare a competitive workforce for the future. Experts argue that college is increasingly necessary for job access and economic stability. Ensuring affordable access could improve graduation rates and workforce participation. This would allow talented kids with so much potential to be able to go to college and show their skills and be rewarded for them. “Public spending on higher education is unique among social services: it is an investment that pays for itself many times over in higher tax revenue generated by future college graduates, a rare example of an economic “free lunch.”