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He was very aware of the costs of college, even though his very generous (and I thank them a lot) grandparents had already financed his future college with a 529 account. And actually, while they were still alive they insisted on paying his college costs.

When I told him that back when I first started college in Arizona in 1965 (and I'm VERY aware that state college costs varied and still vary widely) that it was possible to work a minimum wage job, live at home, save most of that money, and pay basic tuition, fees, and books. It should still be the same.

I am enraged when people who went to college decades ago and who could pay for it readily, think that kids today should find it equally easy. The thing is, states have stopped funding the state schools in any significant way. That is totally wrong. In every single state college students should be able to go to school for a minimal cost. So if I need to pay higher state taxes, that's fine. And honestly, the way these things get spread out I'm probably be on the hook for $15 a year. And even if it's $100/year, that's not all that much money. And kids deserve college.