Failing marks for college tuition tax

College affordability is a serious problem, especially here in California, but proposals by Democratic state lawmakers are misguided, and may even make things worse.
Costs have escalated rapidly, and the University of California and California State University systems are looking to hike tuition again after a five-year freeze. Total U.S. student loan debt has grown to more than $1.3 trillion, surpassing auto loan debt ($1.2 trillion) and credit card debt ($779 billion), and trailing only mortgag