<p>Newmassdad,</p>
<p>I think you have misread what I wrote. Let me see if I can help clarify and respond.</p>
<p>Actually the for profit world does not always increase prices. Usually they work to reduce their costs so they can generate more profit or reduce prices as competition heats up. The simplest example of this is the computer industry. The PC you can buy today for less than $1000 is dramatically better than the one you could buy 10 years ago at the same price.</p>
<p>Additionally, I did not say regulate. To me that implies price controls. What I did say is monitor and reporting. The only word I used that could imply regulation was guidelines. Guidelines are not regulations. Guidelines are more like recommended practices.</p>
<p>Further, there is no pure free-market or totally regulated environment. I said that I prefer no government intervention. However, I am not so dogmatic as to believe that a free market would solve all our problems. An example of government regulation that I believe is necessary is environmental regulation . . . though I believe some of those regulations have gone too far.</p>
<p>Regarding making money on an invention, often the funding of the research to generate an invention came out of my pocket in tax dollars. Further, the schools are non-profit institutions so they are not taxed on the “profit” they make from the invention. It goes directly to their endowment not back to the government or to me in a tax break or refund.</p>
<p>My point is that to me tuition is rising way ahead of the rate of inflation and it has my whole life. I do not see why this is so necessary. I guess I would like to understand why you think that it is.</p>