Oh, really? With all due respect, Reynolds, since college was either free -- or very close to it, but is now **very** unaffordable, then facts argue against you. PROOF:
“Was college once free in United States, as Bernie Sanders says?,”
PolitiFact, RATED “Mostly True” - By Amy Sherman on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
http://www.PolitiFact.com/florida/statements/2016/feb/09/bernie-s/was-college-once-free-united-states-and-it-oversea
Now, I will add that while college has outpaced inflation much more than most (or all) other things, nonetheless, I believe that most things *do* cost more, even adjusted for inflation. This means that the wages have less purchasing power, and the decreased purchasing power of the middle-class & poor helps only the super-rich. This action (which I am alleging) is fulfilled in the following passages in the Old Testament - foreshadowing the evil end-times spoken of by James -- and fulfilled in Revelation, chapter 6, verse 6, which speaks of inflation so bad that a whole day's food ration would be costing a whole days' wages, implying inflation and/or some other disaster(s), such as contaminated food, famine, governmental oppression, and/or war:
Proverbs 18:23 (NIV)
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 (NASB)
13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being [a]hoarded by their owner to his hurt. {{Footnotes: [a.]Ecclesiastes 5:13 Literally:
"guarded"}}
James 5:1-6 (ESV) [Warning to the Rich]
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.
Revelation 6:6 (AMP)
6 And I heard
something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius (a day’s wages), and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not [a]damage the oil and the wine.” {{Footnotes: [a.] Revelation 6:6 This may be a warning to be very careful handling olive oil and wine, which ordinarily are basic commodities, because famine will make them very expensive. The vision indicates that famine and inflation will take such a toll that a laborer will earn only enough to feed himself with wheat, or to provide barley for a small family. He will have almost nothing left for clothing, shelter, and incidentals.}}
Proverbs 24 (KJV)
11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs 31 (NIV)
8 "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."
Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character
May we all call upon Jesus for both eternal as well as temporal assistance with the true faith that He is able.
