Why should I have to pay for their college? No one paid for mine.
Mine either, but we probably got by a hell of a lot cheaper, relative to income and expenses. Something (namely friggin’ unions, PC nonsense, lack of fiscal discipline to name a few) have driven the cost of college up disproportionately:
Tuition costs were 6.2% of men’s median income and 17.8% of women’s median income in 1971. But by 2012, tuition was 26% of men’s median income and 41% of women’s median income per year.
(Data source: http://college-education.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=005532_
Of course in 1971 a college taught actual useful things and demanded high standards, and graduates got actual jobs. Now - not so much on either count.
The solution is to get at the root cause of the disproportionate increase relative to incomes, but if that involves paying for 15 years and then maybe some adjustment or retro credit to those with jobs based on income or something, I could support that as a short-term part of a solution.
well I hope you did ;)
I also paid my way. Held down a 40 hour a week job at a car dealership to pay the tuition. makes me tried just thinking about it 20 years later.
“Why should I have to pay for their college? No one paid for mine.”
Congratulations for being an adult. I paid for mine, and my kids.
Guess what? Pretending kids will pay back debt that can’t be paid back is a matter for bankruptcy courts, not electioneering.
Bankruptcy courts can sort through the issue quickly if they wished to.
That is the only viable answer.
The additional questions like “where do all the university administrators and professors find jobs after their institutions close” is another matter.
Universities will be “fee for service” entities in the future.