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Government spending on education does not make education more affordable. Since the Department of Education began operating in 1980, the average cost of tuition at a 4-year post-secondary school has increased from $3,499 to $21,189. ([Fast</a> Facts](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=76]Fast”>Fast Facts: Tuition costs of colleges and universities (76))) A good that cost $3,499 in 1980 should cost $9,606.54 today, according to inflation calculators ([CPI</a> Inflation Calculator](<a href=“http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=3499&year1=1980&year2=2011]CPI”>http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=3499&year1=1980&year2=2011)). Unconstitutional government interference in the higher education industry has done nothing but lower quality and send prices skyrocketing. If you want to make education affordable again, the very best thing you could do would be to get the government out of it completely.</p>
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Yes, absolutely we do. We need to invest in our own kids and their education. However, it’s not up to the government to steal money from some people and use it to pay for the education of other peoples’ kids - that’s completely immoral and sends prices to the moon for the middle-class folks that don’t qualify for the entitlement programs and actually have to pay for school out of pocket.</p>