The poor were mostly paying fees and not tuition anyways, since TAP covers up to 90% of tuition but 0% of fees. So this doesn't do much for the poor.
It's not about communism, it's about having an effective program. If the goal is to increasing availability of education, this is a loophole that should be examined, not dismissed. If we're trying to make education available we're probably doing it because we want a benefit from that--economic growth through providing education to low-income areas (or something like that, I'm no economist).
And if the goal behind the program is missed, the program is pointless. From your comment I doubt you like the program already, but surely you would agree that if we want to implement a program to fix a problem, we should at least try to make that program effective?
