1. Government wants money.
2. Educational institutes (business) bring in big money for government.
3. Government tells corporations no one gets a living unless invested money into a degree.
4. People pay big money for degree.
5. Government gets money.
6. Middle class is destroyed.
7. Communism.
8. The end.
This is so random, what are you talking about?
Not as many people are paying money for a worthless degree as you seem to think. Yea, the media is making a big deal about it.... but seriously, take a look around. How many people do you know who are in college? (or anything beyond cheap community college) Probably damn near no one.
Everyone has figured out that college is a scam years ago. Are there sad cases of people getting 100K in debt? Sure, but the fact is, they are the extreme minority. Ask yourself how many people you know - friends, family, coworkers - who are actually in student loan debt. Out of all the people you know, you would probably be lucky to name one. I can't name anyone.
Your logic only works if you assume that the majority of the people in this country are stupid enough to enroll in college and get in massive debt. The fact is, most of them are not doing that. Just because the media likes pumping out emotional stories like "sam castro got a law degree and is 100K in debt he will never pay back now" doesn't mean everyone is doing what he did.
College grads do absolutely nothing to benefit anyone. (generally speaking) Everyone knows this now. It isn't as a big of conspiracy as you make it out to be. People know that being a plumber, electrician, etc is the way to go and that is what everyone is doing now.
Actually us as Americans it is BS that we should pay to continue our education. The government should make it free or a hell of a lot cheaper this country is falling behind in education while other countries make college free we increase our tuition rates. And we wonder why are youth turn to gangs because our country makes having a better life too far out of reach for too many. Not everybody is granted scholarships or rags to riches stories. Some sadly see the realization that they are not going to be one of those kids that get a full ride to college because they know not everybody can be given money. Other countries know how important education is for their countries survival in the future so they just give it to their citizens. Where as the United States just sees the whole thing as one huge way to make money.
Instead of the government spending $60 million making dance movies that suck balls why don't they use that money to send me and a few hundred more to college for free. But they won't because most people in power are old and won't see the negative impact of them trying to stuff their own pockets rather than investing in this countries future.
Honestly this countries founders would be rolling in their graves if they could see just how low this country has sunk. Yes the founders cared about money but they didn't screw this country's citizen for that. otherwise they would have taxed the hell out of everybody too. Calling your self an American use to have pride behind it now its just a joke. I feel sorry for all the men who have died and fought in the wars believing that this country would remain great.
The saying " ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country ?" Needs to be rearranged to say ask not what you could do for your country, but what could your country do for you? And they could be doing a lot more for its people than they are.
Look, this is not politically correct so no one will say it, but I will.
The fact is, not everyone has the level of intelligence necessary to get a college education. People don't want to hear that because it means some people will be left behind, and everyone wants to hear that "everyone is a winner". The fact is, that's just not consistent with the real world.
So what has happened? The educational world is now getting full of scam institutions (like the University of Phoenix and Everest) that are basically diploma mills. In other words, they have no admission standards, the material is in many cases dumbed down to junior high level, and they specialize in extracting the maximum money they can from people who have no business in college to begin with. (hence, no admission standards)
Dumbing down the material and creating schools with zero admission standards is not going to produce college educated people.... it is only going to produce people who *think* they are college educated, but because they really aren't, they still can't get a job that truly requires the same kind of college education people are getting at schools with serious standards that won't even let you in the door if you don't have what it takes on day one. The worst part of all? These for-profit schools (phoenix, devry, everest, etc.) are putting people tens of thousands of dollars in debt for essentially a worthless "degree".
So the simple, non-poltical correct answer here, is that college is not for everyone! The people who aren't mentally there can go to trade schools or something else. There is nothing shameful about that despite what the media tells you. The answer is not to "make it available to everyone" - the answer is to make it exactly like it was for the past 300+ years until the last 20 years when "for profit" colleges started to appear on the stock market. (red flag number one - your "college" is on the stock market)
Every college should have admission standards. If can't pull the needed score on the SAT/ACT/AP classes.... well, that's life. Everyone doesn't win. Everyone doesn't get a gold medal. That is real life. Giving you a sub-standard "degree" at $80,000 in debt so you can feel good and get your gold medal doesn't do anyone any favors.
There are people out there who literally believe that it would be a good idea for 100% of the population to have a 4 year (or higher) college degree. I am sorry, that is not a good idea. Again, not politically correct, but true. This is what is wrong with the high schools. They are so dumbed down that any idiot who shows up to school and does absolutely nothing gets a high school diploma. That is the truth, because the whole idea now is that "everyone" should have a high school diploma no matter what. And people wonder why high school diplomas are now worthless?
So the solution is to now do the same thing with college so that "everyone" gets a degree.... so they are worthless too? Sorry, the solution is to call a spade a spade. If someone doesn't have what it takes, they don't win. They don't get the award. Doesn't mean they can't do something else with their life. Not everyone is cut out to be in the NFL. Not everyone is cut out to be a medical doctor. Doesn't mean they can't do something else that is important to society.