Comments on: Ron Paul https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/23/ron-paul/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:56:03 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/23/ron-paul/#comment-7795 TB Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:32:51 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4825#comment-7795 <p>That graph on higher education costs speaks for itself.</p> It outraces <em>medical costs</em>, for God's sake. The problem is not the income, it's the spending. That graph on higher education costs speaks for itself.

It outraces medical costs, for God’s sake. The problem is not the income, it’s the spending.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/23/ron-paul/#comment-7788 Eri Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:03:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4825#comment-7788 The economical downswing has had its effect on higher education, too. States have reduced the budgets for their universities to the point where they can no longer function efficiently. Not that there wasn't some excess to cut out but enough is enough. Universities have had to raise their tuition fees just to stay afloat. There was a dangerous elevator at KUMC that I had to ride up and down every day. It didn't get replaced because the University had no money to do it with. It's just a matter of time before someone gets hurt and sues. Hell, maybe I should have done that. I could have retired in style. The economical downswing has had its effect on higher education, too. States have reduced the budgets for their universities to the point where they can no longer function efficiently. Not that there wasn’t some excess to cut out but enough is enough. Universities have had to raise their tuition fees just to stay afloat.

There was a dangerous elevator at KUMC that I had to ride up and down every day. It didn’t get replaced because the University had no money to do it with. It’s just a matter of time before someone gets hurt and sues. Hell, maybe I should have done that. I could have retired in style.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/23/ron-paul/#comment-7768 TB Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:17:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4825#comment-7768 <p>The current higher education system is a racket.</p> I worked my way through the University of Minnesota. I had a loan, but it was maybe a couple of thousand dollars over the whole time. You can't really do that any more. It costs way too much and it's getting worse. My son had over a thousand dollars added to his tuition bill between the time I got the first copy and the second. One thing that has happened is that the subsidized loan process has done the same thing to school costs as subsidized housing loans: Massive increases in prices that were not justified by the market. Seriously, are we getting that much more education now for our money than we were thirty years ago? Check this out: <img src="http://webpages.scu.edu/ftp/twingo/tactical-media/images/collegecost.gif" alt="College costs" /> The current higher education system is a racket.

I worked my way through the University of Minnesota. I had a loan, but it was maybe a couple of thousand dollars over the whole time.

You can’t really do that any more. It costs way too much and it’s getting worse. My son had over a thousand dollars added to his tuition bill between the time I got the first copy and the second.

One thing that has happened is that the subsidized loan process has done the same thing to school costs as subsidized housing loans: Massive increases in prices that were not justified by the market. Seriously, are we getting that much more education now for our money than we were thirty years ago?

Check this out:

College costs

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