01-21-2011, 03:02 PM
Why isn't education free? You answered your own question: there's a profit to be made. Capitalism at work. Profit driven marketplace. Hand in hand with the bankers who then loan you the money and profit for 20-50 years. It's just about as bad as insurance companies who take $50 a month from 5,000,000 people and then pay out 10% of that for their claims... the companies they pay (repair, etc.) charge them what they will pay, which is a lot more than what a normal person could afford. The result? You now NEED insurance, because you simply cannot afford to get the repairs without it. Same with medical insurance, etc. Isn't it a beautiful thing?
I think higher education is free in some countries (Germany comes to mind, but not sure) if you're a citizen and have good grades. In the US, it isn't and probably never will be free.
I think higher education is free in some countries (Germany comes to mind, but not sure) if you're a citizen and have good grades. In the US, it isn't and probably never will be free.
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!
