He wants to know they aren't protesting the economic conditions in America

He’s right you know.

For years I've been amazed that the students haven't figured out that these schools are ripping them off and hindering their futures, which would be a reasonable thing to protest about. Due to federally backed student loans, education costs are out of control and it hurts these students.

Taxpayers indirectly are responsible. We as a society decided about 30 years ago that we would accept cuts to higher education funding. The universities decided to make up the shortfall by expanding their financial aid offices and of course banks and the federal government helped to encourage it. As such you saw an explosion of student loans which drove up the price of tuition.

I remember in the mid and late 80's tuition for LSU was right under $900.00 for fulltime and the additional fees we were minimal. I could work a job from mid May to mid August and I could make more than enough to pay the load. No way you can do it today.

The full time semester cost even until 1995 had not risen that much. I think my youngest brother for his last year paid right under 1K for tuition and fees for each semester. He worked as a waiter at Mansurs, he could sometimes make tuition in 2 weeks.....fricker!!! :)

The trashiness of his language is an indictment on the education and moral decay of our society.



Sad!

I believe the problem is twofold.

First, they greatly expanded the curriculums in higher education. Creating courses and degree plans to serve little to no purpose to humanity. Most of this expanded teaching is seemingly geared toward indoctrinating young, impressionable minds.

Secondly, they made college a country club experience and dramatically increased the pay scale for professors and administrators.

The overall cost went through the roof while the benefit collapsed.

The second someone starts a real movement protesting our economy, they'll be in jail for child pornography quicker than you can blink an eye.

Not defending the young people protesting in college, but they are expressing their opinions based on they've been taught in the school system. This issue will only worsen unless America takes back control of the educational system from the Marxist.
One of Obama's idols Bill Ayers wrote that one of the most important steps in overcoming American traditional values was by taking over the educational system. Begin changing the way in which our youth view America.