Texas education and struggling debts

The rise of college/universities tuition is turning into a great filter to support mortgages and banks, or support people who actually can pay the current fares. 

The article from Texas Tribune about how Texas families are struggling paying for tuition shows how the government is driven by business interests. Even if some legislators have acknowledged that “tuition increases beyond the rate of inflation”, it seems that the decision-makers prefer not to listen to economic reasoning that is damaging families on a daily basis.

In addition, because the system supports the consumerism, families have debts in cars, houses, condos, clothes and an eternal paying off the tuition. Also, the job market is looking for more specialized workers, which means more degrees in studies and therefore more individual debt.

I’m not sure if freezing the tuition rates would be the solution for this problem. Maybe in a long term families could establish what is the best way to save money to pay for your children's studies, knowing the maximum to pay. But in a short term, it will continue to filter people who want to study and people who can afford to study. And it will also serve as an excellent excuse to justify that people in Texas or other states are not educated.


Watkins, Matthew, and Annie Daniel. "Texas Families Are Struggling to Pay for College - but so Is the State." The Texas Tribune. N.p., 07 Feb. 2017. Web. 09 Feb. 2017.