Hmmm... think this could be the problem with the health care system as well?
I've been saying that for years and years.
When I was in college, one of my professors was talking about how government should increase financial aid and all sorts of gimmicks.
She kept taking either the student point of view or the government point of view.
So I took the college point of view and said I would just keep jacking up tuition bills, since its the college is going to get its money anyway, why wouldn't they just jack it higher and higher, no matter what?
For the weirdest reason, this seemed to disorient her, and she tried to say that not all universities would do that.
I just asked for a show of hands on how many kids in class had see tuition and/or book bills go up since they had been there.
The whole class minus a couple raised their hands (2 kids had gotten a special locked in tution rate which required higher rates, but kept you immune from hikes.
It's also why whenever I hear about price gouging I laugh since colleges are the biggest price gougers in the country...bar none.