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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JL 0513" data-source="post: 2035217" data-attributes="member: 50088">Never said I didn't want my taxes paying 1-12. Although it does suck if you're sending your kids to a private school. Do you know why college costs have skyrocketed so much? Easy loan money, particularly federal student loans. Colleges have inflated the cost as students don't deal with the burden upfront and can just borrow whatever it costs.The same has happened in heathcare where patients rarely even see the real bill. Costs inflated because insurance pays the cost.In both examples, college and healthcare would be far cheaper if the market was built around what average people could actually afford. Point is, you make college "free", college cost would would accelerate even faster. Easy federal money, more people flooding the roles...</blockquote>