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13. Similar story..

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 03:04 PM

Feb 2

Graduate school on the GI Bill after discharge in 1972 after two years in the Army. Our state had free tuition for veterans. Still worked as a Park Ranger 4PM to midnight. I was able to make ends meet.

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In 1970, I returned to college after four years in the USAF. [View all] MineralMan Feb 2 OP

The people have voted to defund themselves and enrich the fat cats. It's crazy. 617Blue Feb 2 #1

It is refreshing to see a fellow Boomer admit dugog55 Feb 2 #2

Reagan gutted California's Higher Education thomski64 Feb 3 #26

Ditto...in 1978 my tuition and books were less than $300...I was one of the last to serve under the old G.I. Bill. pecosbob Feb 2 #3

Over the past 30 years, inflation has averaged 2-3% while tuition inflation has averaged 5-6% in the US Shermann Feb 2 #4

Thanks So Much for Your Post. Very Well Said! The Roux Comes First Feb 2 #5

Yep. I'd have not been able to attend Uni if tuition was a whole lot higher than it was late 80's AZJonnie Feb 2 #6

Yep, early 80's very good state University with in state tuition you could definitley find a way to pay tuition ToxMarz Feb 2 #7

In the 1970s, my wife and I worked our way through college and graduate school. Sancho Feb 2 #8

Same story starting in 1969 BeneteauBum Feb 2 #9

The statistics say otherwise Cirsium Feb 2 #10

I don't think those numbers include the cost of tuition loans FakeNoose Feb 2 #14

Of course Cirsium Feb 2 #19

Percentage with degrees is only one statistic that can conceal a problem. Shermann Feb 2 #22

Agreed Cirsium Feb 2 #23

The OP's conclusion is that "it's getting worse, not better" Shermann Feb 3 #27

No Cirsium Feb 3 #30

Most everything costs ten times what it did in the seventies. twodogsbarking Feb 2 #11

One thing in the financial literacy curriculum is overlooked: debt to projected income JT45242 Feb 2 #12

Realistic, I suppose, but it's just fucking noise. hunter Feb 2 #21

Similar story.. surfered Feb 2 #13

Couple of years behind you, but Maeve Feb 2 #15

GI Bill was great rickford66 Feb 2 #16

I'm about ten years younger than you, and things were much easier than now. yardwork Feb 2 #17

So much was so different in those days. MineralMan Feb 3 #25

The GOP has weaponized their own policies against Democrats. yardwork Feb 3 #28

The Republicans Are in a Desperate Battle with Reality. MineralMan Feb 3 #29

In the late 80s I went back to college and all it cost me was for books. My employer paid the rest. multigraincracker Feb 2 #18

I was a Boomer on the GI Bill in early 70's Bavorskoami Feb 2 #20

I was having similar thoughts lately. We need a shift left. Joinfortmill Feb 2 #24