@WarnerCrocker Well of course it has a lot to do with politics since political decisions impacted the money supply which impacted the prices charged for that money.

@volkris True, as far it goes, but there’s no political decision that’s going tolead to prices falling to where they once were once they’ve climbed with the possible exception of gas/oil prices.

@WarnerCrocker It's the difference between could versus will.

Yes, that political option is on the table. No, there's no realistic chance that the politicians that we have elected will take that option.

@volkris Sure I accept that difference. Sincere question: Can you suggest any practical political options currently on or approaching the table? My point about prices not coming down due to political considerations is that once they rise, due to political issues or not, they by and large never retreat.

@WarnerCrocker Well like so many topics it comes from all of us, we need more education in the general population so that we can stop reelecting the same officials who keep failing us and demand better.

I suggest we educate all of us better.

So, you know, no, there's no optimism that things are going to get better any time soon 🙂

@volkris That ship has sailed and did so once political decisions that allowed educational instittuions to profit they way they do currently were introduced, thus driving the inflationary costs of education. Prices that won’t come back down. It’s essentially the same across most non-fungible sectors.

@WarnerCrocker It's up to all of us.

If we decide differently, things will be different.

We should not accept disempowerment.

@volkris Again, sincere question: Up to all of us to do what exactly?

@WarnerCrocker stop reelecting politicians who have failed us.

The thing is, it's not that we roll the dice and take a chance on a politician. It's that so often we elect a politician, see that they screw up, and then we affirmatively reelect them to continue screwing up.

We should stop.