There has got to be a long-term fix for this. Are we going to start paying for everyone's extended education for free? If that is what is wanted, find a way that it doesn't burden the individual taxpayer more than it already does. We already pay enough for taxes!
If you think paying taxes to help folks with higher education is expensive, stop for a moment and tally up the costs of generational ignorance.
So far, I'd wager it has mushroomed into something several times larger than helping kids with their college expenses.
"Everyone's extended education for free?"
No, but I think it is reasonable if we means test the folks who need help and, if they or their parents aren't pulling down six figures or more, we owe it to the less fortunate to help them.
I think it is reasonable to want that but more importantly, it is absolutely necessary if we want society to remain stable, and democratic.
And I don't call it extended education because these days, the current generation (not the ones a couple of years from retirement) cannot get more than minimum wage work without that extended education.
There's still plenty of trades work but not everyone is cut out for it. There are plenty of minds out there that just need the chance to grow.
Not everyone can flex muscles and be a bricklayer, electrician, carpenter or plumber.
For many, this extended education is their only ticket to making a living, and if they don't have the money to plunk down toward a degree, they deserve some help.
We can check the financials and, if they are poor, we can reach into our pockets, it's cheap insurance against slouching towards Kristallnacht.
