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<p>Maybe we should be concentrating on rebuilding K-12 education from the ground up, before giving the government a larger role in higher education. After all, K-12 is the foundation, and a weakening in that foundation has caused a lowering of readiness for college and thus a lowering in college standards and level of rigor in courses. </p>
<p>As for Keynesian economics, the way that theory has been applied in this latest recession has led to a deeper and longer recession than any previous ones I have lived through. Many recent economists have also been reevaluating its so-called savior role in the Great Depression.</p>