Consumption taxes are regressive and create economic distortions. Do you prefer them because they're a kind of pay-to-play tax? You might be interested in this other article I posted a few weeks ago on the subject.

The quality of education from many universities is overrated, yet employers are still impressed when they see the name of a famous college on a CV. Higher education is always valuable, but the emphasis must be on education and not selling degrees. Having said that, some of the best professionals I've come across never went to college.