[PA Engineer]

The "education mafia" has been escalating the costs for decades now. They have bankrupted families who were gullible enough to fall for the scam. Salaries of college and university employees have likewise skyrocketed, while the quality of education has plummeted. We now have "McStudy" degrees of every political boot camp stripe. Obama is robbing Social Security the same way his Treasury raided Federal retirement pensions during the budget crisis of last year.

I agree and it is much worse than this. During my Daughters orientation they sent all the parents off to an auditorium for a presentation. They laid the BS on thick.

First, they told the parents (who are paying the tuition) that it is their child's decision as an adult on what to major in. Really?

Second, they explained that college is really expensive and the students may have to take out loans. Again, I'm shaking my head. Why?

Finally, they flat out promoted fraud. They explained that parents and grandparents could cosign the loans. They further explained the parents could default legally on them by becoming disabled. This was stated by the assistant dean of general studies.

At that point the back two rows, including myself walked out of the auditorium. I was furious.

I have mentioned previously about my wife being a Neurologist. When I told her about this she went ballistic. It seems she has been asked repeatedly to fill out disability forms for this very reason. We saved and pay cash for our daughters major on the condition that the major be employable and she maintains a 3.5 or above. Happily she has chosen Petroleum and Gas Engineering with a Math minor as Her course of study.

I do not have sympathy for those caught up in this now.

[douginthearmy]

Happily she has chosen Petroleum and Gas Engineering with a Math minor

So if Romney wins, she is looking at a six figure salary once she has a couple years of experience under her belt. Of course, if Obama wins, she may be tried as a criminal and sent to reeducation camp to get her degree in Alternative Energy with minor in Pixy Dust.