David Frum argues that the Democrat plan won't.
Conclusion:
"Most industries deliver constantly-improving products at steadily declining real prices. Healthcare and higher education, the two great exceptions to this rule, are also the two most government-subsidized sectors in the U.S. economy.
More subsidy is not the solution to the problem. The subsidy is the problem."
To re-use P.J. O'Rourke's quip on health care: If you think higher education is expensive now, just wait until it's free.
I have been saying and writing this for years. If I only had a dollar for every letter to my congress persons telling them that the government getting involved is the problem I would be able to afford to go to college again. Would you believe my entire education which was mostly gotten before all the student aid BS cost a total of around $7000.? BB
ReplyDeleteMy story is similar to yours, Brenda.
ReplyDeleteAnd I graduated from a small private liberal arts school, the type that are not normally known to be inexpensive.