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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, big tickets items like a college education and a home have become unaffordable.  People feel like they can't get ahead.
This is why the birthrate in America has dropped to a historic low.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/30/the-u-s-fertility-rate-just-hit-a-historic-low-why-some-demographers-are-freaking-out/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dab498dcc68f
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No, college education is not unaffordable.  Community college and the cheapest state school you can find.  Totally doable for families making 100K a year HHI.  I do agree that for families living in poverty (HHI under 40K) any money towards school is nearly impossible.  [/quote]
But we are comparing affordability in the past and present. It would be more interesting to see how the cost of community college NOW compares to the cost of community college in the PAST. You can’t just declare college is affordable by declaring that now community college is college. That is apples and oranges. What you are suggesting is definitely a viable way to get around college being unaffordable but it isn’t the same thing as a college education itself being affordable. [/quote]

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