Junior Colleges in TN are free tuition. It is funded by the lottery. So, by "free" tuition, this essentially means low income earners are funding the middle classes first 2 years of college. It is never free. Teachers are still going to expect paychecks. The light company is still going to send a bill. Someone has to pay for this. This is what makes Bernie's ideas so ridiculous and young people in America just swallowed it up without ever stopping to think about the ramifications.