I'm a crazy liberal, but...

I want a program where if you want to learn, the government makes that possible. I want the gov't to recognize I want to keep growing intellectually and support me in that endeavor. So if I want to read Tribes so I can talk with other planners about these ideas and the implications it assumes, I want the gov't to buy it for me, or give me an online copy of the book, or lend the text to me. I want to be able to take classes in various disciplines and experience cultural events, without being put at a financial disadvantage. 

A life scholarship? Yeah.