related_tweet: @challenger_grey @tweet_harding @kingjepnap @labyrinthweaver @benshapiro the increase in government protected student loans is part of the reason college costs have skyrocketed. yearly avg.  tuition in 1985 room and board $4885.  2020 $48,510. inflation rate from 85 to today is 144%. that means if college tuition ran the same it would be $7035 not 10x