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In reply to the discussion: WTF ...10 [View all]reACTIONary
(5,915 posts)31. A complementary observation is...
...that countries that provide free higher education are also much more restrictive about who they provide it to. So, just because it's free doesn't mean it is AVAILABLE to everyone.
We need dignity and (at least) a living wage for everyone, and free (or at least cheap) higher education for those who are both qualified AND willing to use their education for the betterment of everyone.
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Not everyone wants to get a Masters degree and you are right, we need livable wages ...
pbmus
Jun 2014
#15
It's got mine. A great graphic about the dysfunction of the American exceptionalism
erronis
Jun 2014
#25
It was true generation ago that having those high level degees would get you
truedelphi
Jun 2014
#35
I am quite sure that there are lots of people who took the required Liberal Arts
truedelphi
Jun 2014
#41
The Scandinavians were not complaining about high US military spending 70 years ago (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jun 2014
#16