My fellow Americans spend far too little time addressing the unfairness that exists today when it comes to the cost of attending college in our country. I attended Temple University for four years from 1958 until 1962, and the total for my tuition costs for all four of my years amounted to $1,200. In today’s economy, $1,200 back in 1962 is worth $9,732. If only our current students were paying slightly less than ten thousand dollars for their four years of tuition costs. Unfortunately, our current students are paying slightly more than sixty three thousand dollars for their four years of tuition college costs at the same school I attended, or close to seven times as much as I paid for my education.
When are we as a nation, as a community, going to try and fix the problems we face as a result of a growing gap between the rich and the poor, between the well-to-do and those many of us Americans who have so little, and therefore, so many fewer chances to live out the American dream? I’m still waiting for my country to return to those days during the 1940s and 1950s when we actually were allowing for the well to do to live out their dreams while making certain that those at the bottom of the pole were at least above water with opportunities available to them to live well.
When are we as a nation, as a community, going to try and fix the problems we face as a result of a growing gap between the rich and the poor, between the well-to-do and those many of us Americans who have so little, and therefore, so many fewer chances to live out the American dream? I’m still waiting for my country to return to those days during the 1940s and 1950s when we actually were allowing for the well to do to live out their dreams while making certain that those at the bottom of the pole were at least above water with opportunities available to them to live well.
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