Where's the future?

So the other day my friends and I were talking about the life after graduation. This is how it started.

friend A: hey jon, u going to grad school after college?
me: probably, but i dont wanna go to grad school for engineering
friend A: what are you gonna do then
me: MBA maybe? but its just a plan for now. i dont really know yet
A: you going to graduate this year right? better start planning

which then I started thinking about the step-by-step plan after grad

me: so......i guess i'll find a job first and work for like 3 to 5 years before applying for grad school
A: what if you dont get in?
me: uh.....work more and maybe try again? i dunno, never thought of that
A: dude jobs are not that easy to find either you know?
me: yea, but hopefully by the time i finish school the economy will be better
A: yea, there are also more ppl coming out of college who are competing with you
me:......your point?
A: we're doomed. even if we get a job it's gonna be crappy, and you have to work for like 10 or 15 years before a promotion or something
me: what!? no way! it cant be that long. i mean a lot of companies are hiring ppl and they probably need to promote some ppl to get that open space for new undergrads.
A: or they can lay them off......youre too optimistic
me: find then, what's your plan?
A: finish college, get a job, then whatever
me: hows that different from mine?
A: exactly! it's not. so we'll probably be competitors in the future.

in one of my classes, there are around 100 people. despite the effort i put in, my grade is around a C+. and that's about 40 to 45 percent. That means there are 55 percent, or equivalently 55 people who can do better than me. That's only one school. Say if we make my rank around 50% of the class, there are always 50% of people who are better out there. With so many colleges, the chance is that there will be more supply of workers than the demand of labor, so the companies are gonna choose from the better end, which leaves me a little chance of finding a job, a stable job.

and then friend B comes in

B: hey! have you heard that UC's are going to increase the fee again?
A: yea, it really sucks. i cant even stay in school longer

the UC's are going to increase 40% of fee starting next quarter, and more raise in the coming year. Thanks to our broke government, students have to take the direct hit. As my professor always says: welcome to university of california, where there's high tuition, low service.

the story doesnt end here

B: when is this going to end
me: as long as our government still sucks, the fee will only go up. its a one-way street
A: hey! there's a protest thingy on facebook
me: you really think it's going to work?
A: seems like berkeley is doing something
me: dude, after all, we are only students. they dont give a shit about students because we have no power to fight against them
A: ditching classes?
me: so you can just not pay the fee?
A: see? more problems, we're really doomed
me: yea......
B: things are not that bad. i'm pretty sure some good solutions will come up.

From what i can see now, the only solution for me is to get the hell out of here asap and find a job. but according to A this is gonna be hard. and according to B i cant even stay at school. also according to myself I suck at doing well on school

so, where's the future?