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yes---$350/2.50=140 hours of minimum wage work and your tuition was paid
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That was then, this is now. Nobody makes the same forever and nothing costs the same forever. If you don't want to pay for it, don't buy it. If enough people don't buy it the price usually comes down. If more and more people are willing to buy, the price goes up.
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And how many boomers went to college because it was inexpensive?
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Too many of them went to college spent a lot of money and not many of them went to work in the field they were educated in.
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Then we got higher paying jobs and that meant the government collects more taxes. That's the motivation for educating the populace. It's win-win.
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That has not really worked out, we have a 20 trillion dollar debt...and a bunch of educated idiots working at retail stores.
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Our generation agreed to let the government invest less and less in education and we in turn had to help our children pay for college. Now mine are making 6 figures, paying a lot of taxes and treat me very well.
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blah, blah, blah...best kids ever...
I don't remember the government asking me about investing in education, when did they ask you?
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College professors are not that highly paid anymore.
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The question was do you know any that are willing to take a cut in pay...