General Discussion

In the early-mid eighties, I could work a summer framing houses and use that to cover all of the next two semesters. These days, it seems like a second job is needed just to pay down the interest on book prices and lab fees.

So yeah... it may not be worth it in absolute dollars given that we're pricing the working class out of college and turning our backs on what the GI Bill showed us could be accomplished otherwise.

But it's worth noting that investing in the education of a nation's people is one of the best, most advantageous benefits a government can accomplish.