Saturday, July 28, 2007
Legacies
You want to know what kind of legacies we're leaving behind? There was a news story in The Saginaw News today about university tuitions. Back in 1995 after I retired from the USAF, I came here to go back to college and picked Saginaw Valley State University. I picked SVSU based primarily on class size - I didn't want to take classes with hundreds of students being taught mostly by graduate assistants. Also it was my state's school so the price was a lot cheaper. At the time, 1995, it was around $108.5 an hour.
Today I read in the local paper that the tuition is now $208.60 an hour. And the school is a lot bigger. I don't know what the classes are like now, but I'm assuming the small classes I enjoyed aren't as common. The sad thing is that SVSU is still the cheapest state university in Michigan.
Of course the minimum wage has gone up a whopping $0.85 this month to $5.85 from $5.15. That will sure make sure the kids at school will be able to afford their doubled tuition. This is one of the things that pisses me off about most everyone and taxes. People can't wait to cut taxes, but they never think about what will end up costing more. Sure you save a few bucks in taxes, but you're going to pay that money eventually. Think about it here in Michigan. Look at this tuition stuff. Sure you save a couple hundred bucks a year in state taxes but you're going to spend five times that much at the school that doesn't get tax support anymore. Think that over next time you vote on taxes.
Labels: government, gripes
