Absolutely! Let's get rid of the loans (like the ones I had to take to finish school in the late 80s), and go back to modest grants (like the ones I received i

Absolutely! Let's get rid of the loans (like the ones I had to take to finish school in the late 80s), and go back to modest grants (like the ones I received in the early 80s) to pay for school. Having been in college in the mid 80s, I got to watch first hand the defunding of higher education by Reaganism. Granted, "prop 13" in California started defunding schools 2 years earlier. I wonder if all of the boomers and WWIIers realized what they were getting back in 1980. Of course, it was only in the 90s that I (personally, at least) could look back on the 80s and realize what a disaster Reaganism was visiting upon the US. * unions busted * regressive income tax structure (i.e. - FICA/Medicaid rates greatly increased, counterbalancing "normal" income tax with high bottom end rate) * increase in immigration * increase in "free" trade * defunding of education and other public infrastructure None of these were good for rank and file workers. As a result, the choice in the 21st century is pretty much "college", or "prison", due to the ability to find a job at all, or likely not. So, yeah, colleges (the leadership parasites in charge) are grabbing all they can, because that is the culture now.