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To: SeekAndFind

4) The federal government is subsidizing education generally, with market-distorting grants and below-market loans to students. Therefore, there is nothing keeping the price of tuition from rising to sop up these funds.


2 posted on 03/28/2015 11:14:57 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: coloradan

Since liberals love government control so much, maybe we should have price controls for universities that take government money. Say, $500 per credit. That’s still way more than they need.


3 posted on 03/28/2015 11:19:11 AM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: coloradan

Yes.

If car loans were illegal, new cars would still cost $3000.

The credit markets inflate prices enormously.


7 posted on 03/28/2015 11:25:16 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise. .)
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To: coloradan

Big Education...a major funding mechanism for Democrats.

The #1 funding organization for Obama in 2012 was employees of the Univ of California system.

#2 was Google.


18 posted on 03/28/2015 12:11:08 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: coloradan

Medical costs are also a “game”. The bill my wife got for a minor bump on the head requiring absolutely no medical action other than prescribing a few pain pills was “listed” at five figures, of which we paid about 1/20th of after insurance. I believe the numbers are BS so that they have negotiating room with those with no insurance, and then they get to “write off” the “list price” (which is pie-in-the sky that no one actually pays except those very stupid, wealthy, and insurance-free, meaning, no one).


32 posted on 03/28/2015 3:09:48 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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