In the US, the rich should pay more taxes so that higher education is more affordable for the middle- and lower-class.Berkeley, CA - Last week Rick Santorum called the president "a snob" for wanting everyone to get a college education (in fact, Obama never actually called for universal college education but only for a year or more of training after high school).
Santorum needn't worry. The US is already making it harder for young people of modest means to attend college. Public higher education is being starved and the middle class will shrink even more as a result.
Over just the last year, 41 states have cut spending for public higher education. That's on top of deep cuts in 2009 and 2010. Some public universities, such as the University of New Hampshire, have lost over 40 per cent of their state funding; the University of Washington, 26 per cent; Florida's public university system, 25 per cent. Read More
