Why are rising tuition costs a problem?

Simple enough question, why are rising tuition costs a problem? I ask because it seems to be the leverage applied whenever a 'state' budget cut or lets say lack of spending, is offered up. There is this elaborate outcry of "don't raise in-state tuition costs", um, why not? Why should those costs not fluctuate like everything else in a free market system? Don't you believe that a tipping point would be reached by the school itself when it finds out that it no longer has an open bank account with the State? Wouldn't it be nice for the school to be accountable for its funds and budget, not blowing it on elite perks?

Seems to me this is simply a ruse to get folks agitated at the thought of higher education costs going up. Well, last I checked, higher education wasn't an assumed virtue, it was something you needed to work for both mentally and physically. I have both undergrad and graduate certifications and degrees, all of which I had to find a means to pay for; whether that be from my pay check or my employer, either way, it came from me not the State. If you'd like to attend a school where the tuition is roughly $40,000 a year, well then, go out and get yourself a loan or some other means of paying. Don't assume the States working class should be paying for you. It is this entitlement that is the problem. This utter nonsensical belief that you're entitled to higher education. You aren't. And you know what, not everyone is cut out for degree work; that notion can be confirmed by the abundance of 5-year bachelor grads and college drop-outs.

The fact of the matter is that school costs would be constrained if there was competition among the schools instead of the schools, backed by their State of origin. It is, as with most things, the Government involvement that is to blame for the problem and not the solution.

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