Odds of societal collapse in US...

[HuckFinn]

Here's the best read I can give you on the subject (Well, at least most of what I said).

The Closing of the American Mind - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Couple the content of that book with unlimited student loans from the federal government, and you get sky-rocketing tuition with a lower quality of education and worse outcomes for graduates year after year.

I get that the intent behind the federal student loan program was to give everyone the opportunity to attend college regardless of the wealth of their parents. The irony is that the result had been price increases that have pushed many away from college.

The increases in tuition and fees is the problem. But. The solution is for State legislatures to resume the support and funding they have chipped away for decades. The dependence on more loans is the result of the hatred the Republican Party has for public schools at the secondary and post secondary levels, while they siphon billions to private institutions. I have seen it up close and personal and have heard the voices of the Repubs confirm my views.

NB: Have not had time to look at the article you mention. Will try later.

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

The increases in tuition and fees is the problem. But. The solution is for State legislatures to resume the support and funding they have chipped away for decades. The dependence on more loans is the result of the hatred the Republican Party has for public schools at the secondary and post secondary levels, while they siphon billions to private institutions. I have seen it up close and personal and have heard the voices of the Repubs confirm my views.

NB: Have not had time to look at the article you mention. Will try later.

You think the main cause of tuition at universities rising... Is republicans pulling funding?

 

[HuckFinn]

You think the main cause of tuition at universities rising... Is republicans pulling funding?

I don’t think so. I know so.

 

[Gibsonian]

I don’t think so. I know so.

In Iowa we now provide funding to private schools. It takes funding away from out public schools and there is near zero oversight of these private schools. It’s law provided by Republicans

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

I don’t think so. I know so.

I guess you’d also know how that’s causing tuition to rise in blue states as well.

 

[HuckFinn]

I guess you’d also know how that’s causing tuition to rise in blue states as well.

I don’t have a handle on every State.

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

I don’t have a handle on every State.

Weird that you only have a handle on the red ones. Well, good luck with all that knowledge.

 

[Gibsonian]

There is plenty of evidence that private institutions are being funded more and more over public schools wherever there is GOP majority. For whatever reason this is the direction of the GOP. What is the mystery here?

 

[HuckFinn]

Weird that you only have a handle on the red ones. Well, good luck with all that knowledge.

Buzz off, Labas. I told you where I was coming from. I talked about the two states, Iowa and Wisconsin, where I spent 40 years as a public school employee at levels from HS English teacher to the Superintendency. Just so you will know, I have a Doctorate in School Finance and School Law. Worked with the Iowa State legislature with the VP for Finance at the U of I, Dr. George Chambers, on school finance issues.
As a school superintendent I chaired a committee that met monthly with our local legislators, so I was deeply involved in discussions on financial issues facing public schools.
If you ever want to engage in a discussion on this topic, I will be happy to supply you with more information than you can likely absorb. You read a simple source written by someone and now you are an expert on school finance encompassing the entire Country. Neither you nor I have a clue about that topic. So don’t insult me with your assumptions.

 

[HuckFinn]

There is plenty of evidence that private institutions are being funded more and more over public schools wherever there is GOP majority. For whatever reason this is the direction of the GOP. What is the mystery here?

The mystery is that Labas thinks he is an expert in school finance because he read an article that fit his narrative.