Perhaps Marc Bousquet’s dream can come true. From the fake New York Times distributed by the Yes Men in NYC a few weeks ago:
A bill to eliminate tuition at public universities is making its way through Congress and is expected to pass within days.
As tuition has climbed in past decades, federal aid programs have been unable to keep up. The current bill, inspired by the City University of New York’s 1970s-era free-tuition policies for New York residents, is intended to help level the playing field.
“The United States has become a nation of educational haves and have-nots,” said Adolph Reed, Jr., Professor of Political Science at the New School for Social Research. “Tuition costs are skyrocketing while real incomes have remained stagnant.”
One trend the bill will correct is the flocking of university graduates to jobs paying salaries needed to reimburse debts. “Are schools a selection mechanism for Wall Street?” asked Professor Howard Gardner. Some speculate that high tuition has helped fuel the drive to enormous profits that has proven so dangerous to society.
As Homer Simpson once said, “It’s funny because it’s true.”
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