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RE: Indian Giver?
I don't think costs for education are managed or artificially set to begin with. That said, how do you propose government is to force new costs upon an already existing body of independent institutions? You said we should redevelop trade schools is there a problem with the current number of trade schools? Is there not enough of a supply to meet the current demand? What additional percentage of your weekly/biweekly paycheck are you willing to part with to make sure that government undertakes all of your proposals to modernize and streamline education so that it's more affordable?
you seem to be overly concerned with what you will need to pay. personally i would happily redo the budget and slash the budget to halburton to make it happen without costing the taxpayer anything. so the army gets one less aircraft carrier, what the hell is that against the education of children? I simply think the govts priorities are screwed up, and we as citizens are complicit in allowing it to be that way. and yes the number of trade schools and tech schools available to high schoolers has dropped significantly in favor of "further education", because thats where the money is. this is another thing that is out of whack, our thinking that a trained plumber or electrician is any less worthy of a decent salary than a lawyer or a CEO. They both do a job. What I propose is that we elect officials that actually want to change the system for the better and not keep the corrupt status quo, or barring that, start changing things locally instead of griping about extra taxes. Money isnt the problem. The way we spend it is.