Raising College Tuition

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In recent events, I noticed that college tuitions are rising. I would like to let you the government know that by cutting the amount you will fund state colleges it will cause more problems for the economy than it will good. I first noticed that college tuitions are rising when I had asked my parents how much college had cost for them. The amount they had said compared to what we will need to pay now baffled me.In 1987 the average cost of an undergraduate degree was $39,643. Conversely, the cost of an undergraduate degree is $103,616. The cost rose about $63,973 or 161%. This is all because the government had decided to slash the public funding of colleges. When this occurred it forced colleges to raise tuition to keep their college running