What a novel idea. It certainly sounds better than continuing to turn out college graduates drowning in debt with a lousy job market.

John Rossomando of Red Alert Politics reports.

Utah Republican congressional candidate Mia Love took the issue of rising college tuition and the Democrats’ “War on Women” accusation head on during an appearance on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace this morning.

Love, who aims to become the first black Republican congresswoman, responded accusing government of crowding out the private sector, which she says has contributed to a 500 percent increase in college tuition since the 1980s.

“There are people today who can’t [afford tuition] today because the price of tuition is too high unless they’re completely indebted,” Love said. “We can bring them to a state level and let the private sector come in and compete, and I think it will drive the price of tuition down and give more people an opportunity for higher education.”

Wallace questioned Love’s proposal to slash federal spending by $759 billion by 2021, while cutting $53 billion in food subsidies, K-12 education by $53 billion and end college assistance to save another $33 billion.

But Love said she put those numbers out to start a discussion, especially on the cost of tuition, so it becomes more affordable for young Americans.

“We need to look at how much debt we are giving people, and I’d really like to look at bringing the cost of tuition down,” Love said.

Yet Wallace questioned her credibility noting that she has more than $15,000 in unpaid college debt outstanding, but Love avoided the question noting that the over $1 trillion in unpaid student loan debt threatens the economy.

“Many people are leaving college right now completely indebted, and they can’t find work to pay off some of those loans,” Love said. “What’s going to happen with the college education is the same thing that happened with the housing market.

“We are going to end up being in big trouble when people can’t pay back those loans.”