re: #231 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

And there is a reason for this.

It used to be only a small fraction of society went to college. So a state could fund this bit of extra education for its 5% of young people or so.

But if you want 50% or more (some want all) of young people to go to college for 4 years, then that is a burden much much larger than 5%-10% of said young population.

Even back in the Seventies, conservatives were undermining budgets for education and complaining about “Marxist” professors.

There’s more to it than taxes. Conservatives are anti-education (except for the rich) and always have been.

When you’ve been poor all your life conservatism in all its glory comes into sharp focus.

The only reason my mother got to go to college was because my father had to get killed on active duty first.