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Originally Posted by Robbie
No, but once the govt. started it's huge student loan program...the universities like Harvard saw that they could raise prices to the moon. And they did.
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Bullshit.. When your parents went to college, assuming they did, they were likely given govt grants and low interest student loans "backed" by the govt. Not student loans from private companies, because the govt at that time understood that investing in the future generations made the country stronger.
It wasn't until the right started their war on education in the 80's which continues today that prices started getting out of hand. Even Bush had his hands in the mix when he took away the govt student loans programs which kept the rates low and turned it over to private companies. Added to that he allowed federal funding to be used at places like Kaiser College and all those shitty over priced micro colleges which almost never graduate anyone. Which helped drive the price up faster than anything has.
When the govt was focused on students it was a good thing and our parent's generation benefited greatly from it. It wasn't till the 80's under Reagan which everything started turning to shit and became what we have today.