Well, your premises can be restated:

1) The cost of a 4 year degree is too high and rising, I recognize this as a societal problem, but I'm willing to passively accept the obvious and growing condition, and the long-term consequences thereof.

2) The cost of a 4 year degree is too high and rising, I accept my responsibilities as a member of society and believe problems should be solved, and I am willing to engage in activities relevant to making that happen.

For an analogy, do you identify a malignant tumor and try to treat it, even though you know it will hurt, or do you quietly ignore it and wait for it to kill you?

I feel like Bostonian has clearly endorsed the first position, and I have endorsed the second.