So, Rep. Nass has unveiled another brilliant plan to reduce the quality of the University system in this state. His proposal to limit tuition increases to 4% is certainly noble and would work if all things were kept constant but they aren't. Yeah its a problem when tuition is going up at 9, 10, 16% per year but when other parts of their operating budget are declining you have to make up the money somewhere. The State has reduced its funding, the Federal Government has reduced its funding, corporations have reduced their funding. Tuition is only rising to be near what a private school charges (it is still low by the way). Rep. Nass should be happy, isn't he a member of the party that doesn't believe in public education? If people want to go to school they should pay for it.
I also find some irony (imagine that when talking about a Republican) in the fact that he is willing to pass a law to limit tuition increases to 4% (twice the rate of inflation) but is ok with State health plans that have double digit increases every year except this one, which is only 6.3% (more than 3 times the rate of inflation). We can't possibly do anything about health care costs but we can defund a university system that is one of the primary job creators and a major innovator in the country. Welcome to the third world or should I say now Wisconsin is open for business.
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