Absolutely! Let's get rid of the loans (like the ones I had to take to finish school in the late 80s), and go back to modest grants (like the ones I received in the early 80s) to pay for school.
Having been in college in the mid 80s, I got to watch first hand the defunding of higher education by Reaganism. Granted, "prop 13" in California started defunding schools 2 years earlier. I wonder if all of the boomers and WWIIers realized what they were getting back in 1980.
Of course, it was only in the 90s that I (personally, at least) could look back on the 80s and realize what a disaster Reaganism was visiting upon the US.
* unions busted
* regressive income tax structure (i.e. - FICA/Medicaid rates greatly increased, counterbalancing "normal" income tax with high bottom end rate)
* increase in immigration
* increase in "free" trade
* defunding of education and other public infrastructure
None of these were good for rank and file workers. As a result, the choice in the 21st century is pretty much "college", or "prison", due to the ability to find a job at all, or likely not. So, yeah, colleges (the leadership parasites in charge) are grabbing all they can, because that is the culture now.
Having been in college in the mid 80s, I got to watch first hand the defunding of higher education by Reaganism. Granted, "prop 13" in California started defunding schools 2 years earlier. I wonder if all of the boomers and WWIIers realized what they were getting back in 1980.
Of course, it was only in the 90s that I (personally, at least) could look back on the 80s and realize what a disaster Reaganism was visiting upon the US.
* unions busted * regressive income tax structure (i.e. - FICA/Medicaid rates greatly increased, counterbalancing "normal" income tax with high bottom end rate) * increase in immigration * increase in "free" trade * defunding of education and other public infrastructure
None of these were good for rank and file workers. As a result, the choice in the 21st century is pretty much "college", or "prison", due to the ability to find a job at all, or likely not. So, yeah, colleges (the leadership parasites in charge) are grabbing all they can, because that is the culture now.