The tuition aid trap

Washington Times ^ | Thursday, October 9, 2003 | Neal McCluskey

[JohnHuang2]

Americans, it seems, have never been better educated. Between 1970 and 2000, students in institutions of higher learning increased from about 8.5 million to 15.3 million.

Likewise, from 1971 to 2001, the percentage of 25- to 29-year olds in the United States holding at least a bachelor's degree rose 71 percent. So why, as Congress prepares to reauthorize the federal law governing higher education, are policymakers so unhappy?

[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, October 9, 2003

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[wideminded]

Besides support from the Federal government, another factor raising tuition at many colleges (especially private ones) is that a portion of the tuition of students from more affluent families is used to pay for the education of students from poorer families.

[kittymyrib]

Just as Medicare has made the cost of medical care unaffordable...duh! Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Our politicians have no new ideas and will be happy continuing to buy votes with these miserable programs as long as the taxpayers let them take 30% of their paychecks.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Besides support from the Federal government, another factor raising tuition at many colleges (especially private ones) is that a portion of the tuition of students from more affluent families is used to pay for the education of students from poorer families.

Another is the billions of dollars from lottery sales (at least in my state) that pay for college. That is, until the student, drops below a 3.0 grade average. At which point they get tensof thousands of dollars of student loans in their pursuit of a degree of dubious value.

[Coleus]

Just as Medicare has made the cost of medical care unaffordable>>>

Same thing holds true with Section 8 housing subsidies, I see rents soaring in ghettos where a shabby apt. wouldn't rent for more than $300.00 per month which now rents for $900.00 because the govt. pays the rent for someone to live in a rat and roach infested apartment. Now when someone who is just on the border of public assistance and doesn't qualify and wants to rent an apt. they can't afford it since the govt. raised the market value of the entire area. Then we wonder why they become homeless.

This past week, we saw a man in NYC bitten by his pet tiger!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/997099/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995512/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995273/posts

How does someone afford to keep that tiger? Section 8, he was living in a housing project, where we pay most of the rent, which afforded him the ability to pay for his animals where he had more in upstate NY. We subsidize these individual so they can buy gold, new cars, etc. Drive by a housing project an see what they drive, not junks, I'll tell you that.

The govt. needs to abolish subsidies and entitlement programs.