"But what we can change are the policies that subsidize college. Student loans should be drastically curtailed, especially for the "at-risk" groups (which are a

"But what we can change are the policies that subsidize college. Student loans should be drastically curtailed, especially for the "at-risk" groups (which are also the fastest-growing). Loans to students at for-profit schools have an appalling 40% default rate. While I can't find data for degrees, I suspect that hard science graduates default more rarely than social science graduates (except for education, where the compensation is nothing if not reliable)." Are you really suggesting that we take away this opportunity from the dis-advantaged? I may not be willing to give 99% of bumbs money, even for food, but i am completely willing to give money to the government no-matter the cost to make sure that everyone has a chance to seek knowledge. I am almost of the opinion that there is no greater thing a country can do, than to provide a proper education to everyone within it's boarders. ( regardless of race, creed, gender, nationality, or citizenship ) let the world come here to learn, let the world compete to come here to get an education. yes, we need to make hard decisions in the coming years, but limiting access to knowledge is not one of them.