Bernie Sanders's Free College Tuition Problem

Articles: Bernie Sanders's Free College Tuition Problem
"Bernie Sanders is running for president of the United States proclaiming that under his presidency, all Americans will have the opportunity to attend public college for free.
There's only one fly in the ointment of this free college proposal: today in Illinois, half of the public college and university tuition goes not toward education, but toward pensions for college professors who no longer work.
So in order for Sanders to make college free, someone, other than students, has to pick up the huge cost of the retired professors' pensions.
He has said nothing about eliminating this cost by forcing public university professors to save for their own retirements.
Sanders is in an awkward situation.
He has to gain the support of young voters by criticizing the high cost of college but can't acknowledge that his party not only depends on this money, but established this quid pro quo setup.
The Illinois Policy Institute has reported that the huge pension plans, which are unfair, economically unjust, and exploitative of the middle class, are responsible for half the tuition cost of a public university education in Illinois.
In 2006, just 20% of tuition went to pay pensions.  
Now pensions are the main driver of tuition increases.  
It is unfair for students to fund the luxury pension plans of professors who didn't have to save for their own.
And of course, Illinois is not the only state that pays its public college and university professors one-percenter salaries.
California's education system actually pays higher salaries to professors.
Khalil Tadsch earns $2.3 million a year at the UCLA Medical center, and 40 others earn salaries of between one million and this $2.3 million.
Medical school tuition is $95K a year and more.
...It is interesting to consider what Bernie Sanders and his party gain from allowing these high professor salaries and pensions.  
The major public include the SEIU, AFCSME, the National Education Association, and the American Federal of Teachers.
These unions are four of the six biggest national campaign donors of the past 20 years, and they give 99% of their money only to Democrats..."