Why should our politicians hear us? For some program we want them to finance? College was never affordable for the common man. It always meant great sacrifice something today's generation does not understand. The blue collar worker became the predominate work force and college was not needed for the majority. When the blue collar worker was on top of the world it made a college education more valuable. Now that a college education is a dime a dozen possibly because of the federal programs, grants, etc you have the college educated flipping hamburgs and they are not paid in relation to the money expended to obtain the education. At least this is my opinion. Stands to reason that price goes along with value. When you have an over abundance of something it cheapens it. Same for college.
All I know is that eventually people will scream loud enough and something will be done about the cost of colleges. Now, which party will actually do something is up for debate.
I think our politicians should hear us because they work for us.
The government needs to hear complaints about how IT is driving up the cost of college, by providing huge subsidies to "needy" students. College has always cost whatever the market will bear, and if everyone is eligible for a deferred-interest loan to the tune of $5000+ a year, the sticker price of college tuition will go up by the same amount. Not to mention all the idiotic regulations (Title IX etc.) that the government forces colleges to comply with at significant cost, in order to participate in the financial aid gravy train that they have to participate in to be competitive with other colleges for getting students.