| sethnintendo said: One other topic that should be mentioned is the rising cost of education (specifically college). College tuition has risen almost at the same rate as healthcare. I moved to Texas back in 2000 and went to school at Texas Tech. At that time they just deregulated universities in Texas saying that it would lead to a decrease in tuition. After deregulation tuition rates jumped every year almost double then the years they were regulated. A semester at Texas Tech in 2000 used to cost around 3k now it probably cost around 4-5k. So in ten years the tuition has almost doubled. That doesn't seem too fair to me. |
One thing I thought I'd mention. You realize that with a 3% yearly inflation rate, if college was $3,000 in 2000, it should be a little over $4,000 now. I also thought I'd mention. When you went to college, did you get $2,500 back in federal taxes if you spent $4,000 for a year? I'm not sure when that program came around, but somebody can go to a tech school around here for like $5,500-$6,500 for a year after the federal refund.
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
