My opinion is that you need to make healthcare and higher education affordable again.
I don't understand how college costs are so high and continue to rise, but the quality of graduates keeps decreasing. I studied in private (bilingual) elementary and middle schools, and moved to the public education when starting high school. My college was one of the worst in the city, but I could afford it with a half-time job. I never had to worry about student debt as they do here for 10+ years. However, I prepared myself further than college education and I'm now earning a six figures salary in a foreign country and was even thinking on buying a house after 2 years of being here. I'm also married and under 35.
I can't understand either, how you pay a good amount of money on health insurance and still have to pay more than what you earn in an hour for a 15 minutes appointment with a doctor. One more thing is that people from the US are fanatics of going to the doctor for every minor issue.
It's not that you're not earning enough, is that you're paying an absurd amount of money just to have a decent life.
I saw an interesting article somewhere that pointed out that when the government started subsidizing student loans, it allowed students to have access to more money, which allowed colleges to charge more and still have kids attend. Since the schools kept upping their costs, and loans kept pace, we're now at unsustainable levels of debt for an education.
I've pointed several people to the University of the People, I'm not sure how well it works, but if it really does what it says it does, you just pay for tests, books and professor time are donated/volunteer. You can get a BS for around $8k US. I spent that much on 8 classes just a couple years ago.
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