1. President Reagan famously said The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
When will supporters of progressive politicians realize this?
2. Hand-wringing and roiling that government and media caused over increases in healthcare costs are based on this kind of analysis: There is general agreement that the current 6% annual increase in health care costs is disastrous and unsustainable; it is projected to lead to a doubling of costs in a decade or so and insolvency for the Medicare program in 8 years. There seems to be some agreement that the long-term goal should be annual growth paralleling that of the gross domestic product (GDP), about 3% per year. MMS: Error
3. But, just today,from USAToday: Tuition and fees at America's public colleges rose more than 8% this year as a weakened economy and severe cuts in state funding took their toll, a report out today says. Public four-year universities charged residents an average of $8,244, up 8.3% from last year, while public two-year schools charged an average of $2,963, up 8.7%, says the report by the non-profit College Board. About 80% of the nation's undergraduates attend public institutions. Tuition and fees rise more than 8% at U.S. public colleges
4. The pattern for which Id like to connect the dots is that attempts by big government to solve problems often makes the problems bigger, and worse than the original.
a. Anyone familiar with the economic details of ObamaCare knows that costs for healthcare will rise dramatically.
b. government loan programs are the proximal cause of the college cost increases above .
c. government pressure on banks to give loans to less than eligible borrowers caused the mortgage meltdown.
5. The solution:
a. government should be restrained from any endeavors beyond the enumerated powers in the Constitution.
b. government out of the free market beyond oversight to prevent illegalities; no government educational loans; no Freddie nor Fannie; no ObamaCare.
c. vote out all progressives
PC, here is a nice link to a study done at Cornell about the rising costs of college tuition. while yes it's true that the Federal Govt. has caused some of the problems but some might not be for what you may think. For example, you will find this in there,
First, the Justice Departments breakup of the collective
agreement of several elite institutions to target their
financial aid to students with the greatest need has led to
the increased use of merit aid and more expensive financial
aid packages.Opportunity Grant (BEOG) has not
kept pace with inflation.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ffp0005s.pdf
It's a bit of several factors in my humble opinion not the least of which has to do with the current economic situation that most states are currently facing and combine that with what appears to be a little bit of meddling on the part of the Federal Govt. as well as some inflation issues and then you have your answer.
You you get a really good debate from me on the merits of an educated society and the need to do ALL we can to help that along, especially in today's world. Again, as we all have our own feelings on the matter, mine tend to go along the lines, that the more we invest in our young people and educate them the better off as a nation we will be. What comes to mind here are a couple of things, one is the fact that unemployment among those with degree's is generally much much lower than those without, the other is and this is the most important to me, that our young people need to stand in a world that is daily looking for ways to leap ahead, and one of the way's a lot of them do that is start by educating it's young in engineering, science, math, etc. to be able to build a future and I want my daughter as well as young Americans to have a bright future and investing in education is a darn good way to see to it they do. The problem to me at least is in how that money is applied.