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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It's kinda ridiculous that we all have to scrimp and save and live in crappy houses to pay for college -- and then for our kids to do it all over again with their own kids. Scrimp and save and live in crappy houses (even with their great jobs from private educations) because costs are so high. It's just a cycle and it seems to be getting worse that we sacrifice so much to save for college since they are born. [/quote]
I so agree with this. What surprises me is that parents aren't more organized. I know there's a "paying for college" Facebook group but I am not aware of an actual lobbying effort to change this. There are solutions, including talking to people like Sen. Patty Murray (appropriations subcommittee + authorizing committee chair), or Approps Chair Rosa DeLauro or Ed/Workforce Chair Bobby Scott about college costs. I personally would like Congress to make the financial aid formula more generous, including by making college more affordable for families with multiple kids now that Congress passed legislation to get rid of the two-kids-in-college discount. 
I also just this week spoke directly to the president of my alma mater (a private top 25 school), urging him to freeze the costs of attendance and expand financial aid. One person saying this probably doesn't matter but if a group of alums were making donations contingent on improving affordability or parents were putting more pressure on schools or Congress was doing more, maybe we could at least return to the "good old days" of the '90s or '00s (haha) when college was simply too expensive and not exhorbitant and exploitative like it is now. [/quote]

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