the general pont of the article is fine.... but as usual people can't resist hyperbole th overstate their case (and thus weaken it considerably).
Why use the cost of CA state schools to proxy for overall eduacation costs...? Why? well the answer is obvious, because CA state schools had ZERO tuition back in th e80s and earlier, you only had to pay for fees. Nice baseline to choose, to overly belabor your point.
ALso, in what fantasy world do MDs only average $128k /year? that is absolute bullhockey.
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I have no idea if this site is accurate, I just googled for it, but it is CERTAINLY more accurate than this other estimate...)
also... in what fantasy world to college professors work an average of 55 hours/week!