Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 1980). Inflation: 194%

Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by brightlancer on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:01PM (#36674186)

> Should government have any say in whether its citizenry gets educated? Is there a public interest in it?

That's a very dangerous road.

Governments are not some benevolent creature which always acts in the best interests of the People. As a practical matter, governments are usually incompetent and corrupt (usually in that order), and try to get the masses to further the interests of the politicians, the bureaucrats and the donor class.

I want an educated populace. For that reason, I want government as far away from it as possible.

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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by janalsncm on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:27PM (#36674449)

Strangely, almost all other advanced economies have been able to provide affordable education for their citizenry without it devolving into Nineteen Eighty Four. I wonder what makes the US government so uniquely malevolent.

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