It&#x27;s dumbfounding to me that we can continue to have this conversation and not touch at all on the continuous reduction in the taxes that have historically funded state schools. Easy access to capital and increased demand resulting from the competitive job market are certainly major factors, but to absolve the boomer generation of their hand in causing the problem (or go so far as to demand the universities shoulder the costs over taxpayers as in the 1987 article, talk about pot calling the kettle black in terms of the greed department) is absurd. As far as I can tell in a casual search, state funding for higher education has been nearly monotonically decreasing since the 80s (source for numbers on cuts in the last decade <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbpp.org&#x2F;research&#x2F;states-are-still-funding-higher-education-below-pre-recession-levels" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbpp.org&#x2F;research&#x2F;states-are-still-funding-higher...</a>). Breaking the &quot;I&#x27;ve got mine, time to cut taxes&quot; culture will go much farther in addressing the issue of education costs than demanding less students have access to financial assistance.