US Congress Moves Toward Price Controls On Education
17th August 2008
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The United States government has poured large quantities of money into higher education. As a result prices have risen. Increases in demand often cause prices to rise. Now the morons in the US Congress are going to try to pressure colleges to ignore the extra market demand created by the government.
What follows? Why, rationing, of course. There will be more people wanting places than places wanting people. Which means that somebody, somebody, is going to be choosing who goes to college (and qualifies to join the ruling class) and who doesn’t. And on what basis will that choice be made? Well, perhaps you can find a clue in looking over the Harvard or Yale or Princeton application materials concerning what sort of students they like to see.
Can you say “politically correct”? Can you say “fashionable minority”? Can you say “art history major rather than engineer”? I’m sure you can.