Free college, border walls, higher minimum wage, tax reformations, gun control laws, smaller gaps between the rich and the poor. These are all promises made by different presidential candidates, and they all seem like great ideas. Who would not want free college tuition, but how could that even be possible? Politicians running for presidency make many promises of changes they want to see, but a lot of times they do not follow through, and people wonder why.

 Bernie Sanders is the man who promises free college tuition, and his plan to do so begins with stopping the federal government from gaining money from college tuition payments. This sounds good at first, but his last step for free college is to raise the taxes on the Wall Street billionaires. The people who have worked their way to the status of a billionaire are too smart to just have their taxes raised; they can easily move to another country or find a loophole, making this appealing idea seem unlikely. Freshman Patricia Mera said, “I like Bernie, and if he wins and brings free college with him, he will probably help a lot of people.”

 Another candidate, Donald Trump, has a plan for a very big wall. Yes, a huge wall between Mexico and the United States of America, not a fence. Not only does Trump promise the wall, but he expects Mexico to pay for it. Many people understand that Mexico probably will not pay for a border wall, but Trump is a stubborn man with a plan to make them build it. He said that until Mexico starts the wall process America will arrest all illegal immigrants working for pay, increase fees on or cancel all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and diplomats, increase the cost of all border crossing cards – of which about 1 million are issued to Mexican nationals each year, increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico, and increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico. Trump is going to need a larger supporting cast to have these regulations passed, but this may be more unlikely than free college. Sophomore Jack Morgan said, “Trump’s tax reformation plan is a great idea, but there’s no way he is going to build this border wall. I think he is the only person who really wants it.” A border wall is one of Trump’s big promises, but few including him see it coming in the near future.

 Hillary Clinton, who has a chance to be our first woman president, wants to change our gun laws. Her plan is to have more thorough background checks, crackdown on illegal gun traffickers, hold dealers and manufacturers accountable when they put citizens at risk, and keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers. This is a hard task as people are smart enough to not appear sketchy when they purchase guns. The people who are denied access to purchasing a gun and really have their mind set on hurting another person will usually find their way to an illegal dealer. Clinton will have to work hard if she wants new gun laws in America to work since banning them would make a lot of people upset, possibly denying those who need protection to help themselves. The type of people that want to kill others could end up as the only people with weaponry, and police respond time just is not quick enough. All of these are great promises, but they will most likely just end up as great ideas.