Higher education should be a right not something only the wealthy can afford.
The idea that so many things that people want should be "rights" is exactly what has pushed governments into unsustainable debt in the first place.
Anytime people decide the work of another is their right, then it falls upon a third party, usually the government to pay. But all that does is transfer the burden of payment to someone else who isn't getting anything in return. This is usually done through taxation of the so-called "rich"
But this is a lie too, because the tax codes of most countries view corporations the same as an individual, so "the rich with incomes greater than..." are usually corporations with net profits of greater than whatever cap politicians use to fuel class envy.
When you take that profit from a corporation, you limit their ability to invest in their business. This doesn't maintain the status quo, this kills businesses because reinvestment is necessary to maintain the status quo. Capital expenditures - computers, printers, furniture, trucks, planes, etc - all age and deteriorate over time or become obsolete as technology advances.
So what happens is companies cut the on thing they can, jobs and pay, which in turn reduces the taxes that governments collect and increase their social program payments: unemployment, welfare, healthcare, etc.
The goverment attempts to offset the deficit spending through increasing taxes and the vicious cycle continues.
Those hardest hit are small businesses. A 2 million dollar a year business is a small business, but is also among "the rich" in class envy politics. They would have you believe the rich are the problem, but the top 1% of earners paid more than the bottom 95% combined., the bottom 50% pay nothing at all, and 27% no only pay nothing, but actually get a check on top of that.
In fact, at least in the US, it is better for a couple with a child to make $14,500 per year than $60,000 per year when you consider income from government assistance of the former compared to the tax burden of the latter. The net is that the couple making $14,500 per year ends up with $3K/year more in disposable income.
Too many people want to claim the work of others as their right without fair compensation. Thats nothing more than theft.
Ask yourself some very important questions:
1. Who employs more people, rich or poor?
2. Who creates more jobs, innovates industry and improves quality of life, rich or poor?
3. Who pays the majority of taxes already, rich or poor?
4. Who contributes more to charity, rich or poor?
If you want to fix the economics of nations and the world, the solution isn't more taxation, its less spending. The solutions isn't mores taxes ont he rich, its less (proven by Kennedy, Reagan and Clinton in the US). The solution isn't to get what you want by calling it a right, but rather working hard for it. The solution isn't more government, its less. The solution isn't taxing the rish more, but taxing ALL income at all levels equally (flat tax). The solution is to take the tax code out of the hands of politicians who use as to buy votes.