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treestar

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40. It's one of those tradition things people cannot get past

Sun May 24, 2015, 08:25 PM

May 2015

quickly.

It would be better to have training schools for careers. And let it be paid for by the industries. Big Pharma can pay for doctors.

It amazes me we take on ourselves the debt of paying for education to benefit employers. Make them pay for the training. We are so submissive to the employer in this country.

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How Does Germany Afford Free Tuition For All Of Its Citizens? [View all] sufrommich May 2015 OP

Bear in mind - "free tuition" DOES NOT mean "college for everyone" brooklynite May 2015 #1

I'm not concerned with free tuition.I want affordable tuition based sufrommich May 2015 #2

Ditto MaggieD May 2015 #7

We agree on something for the most part. GummyBearz May 2015 #35

Agree, those sound like achievable goals. nt sufrommich May 2015 #37

I got my education that way. But I wonder how much that has been cut in the years since the 70s? jwirr May 2015 #18

I'm prepared to accept that IF you are qualified and IF you want to go truebluegreen May 2015 #3

That's what they do in Germany AgingAmerican May 2015 #14

Chosen for them based on grades and examinations NT 1939 May 2015 #29

And the German students TM99 May 2015 #41

NO, not authoritarian 1939 May 2015 #45

I would be fine with it. TM99 May 2015 #46

That's the argument the GOP used against Obamacare AgingAmerican May 2015 #11

Not everyone needs to, or even should, go to college. hifiguy May 2015 #21

Honestly romanic May 2015 #26

I always find it interesting... Scootaloo May 2015 #27

Well, they probably did not do that Turbineguy May 2015 #4

Two things, Taxes and national priorities. Agnosticsherbet May 2015 #5

That's right MaggieD May 2015 #6

America's Elite are the ones who make money in America being the world's policemen riverbendviewgal May 2015 #10

Agreed MaggieD May 2015 #12

This is the key BrotherIvan May 2015 #9

Germany and the rest of Europe depends on the USA to foot the military bill KittyWampus May 2015 #8

Well, that's what our bloated and corrupt military industrial complex claims... hunter May 2015 #15

Exactly what I was going to say. NaturalHigh May 2015 #23

Especially since they have the funds for their own defense.nt sufrommich May 2015 #38

It is strange how Germany and Japan treestar May 2015 #39

It's worse than you think, it's not just "their citizens," it's EVERYONE. hunter May 2015 #13

Yup. California had arguably the finest higher-education system in the world truebluegreen May 2015 #25

Fortunately I made it through by 1971, in 4 years of teaching my debt was gone. That is the way it libdem4life May 2015 #32

While some Americans are bothered by the idea that not all students get to attend university, tblue37 May 2015 #16

Good post. We need to rethink our whole school curriculum. Teaching for the test is not doing jwirr May 2015 #17

Excellent analysis. hifiguy May 2015 #22

It's one of those tradition things people cannot get past treestar May 2015 #40

Good post. n/t jaysunb May 2015 #43

Great post! DawgHouse May 2015 #47

Thanks--to all of you who responded to my post. nt tblue37 May 2015 #48

No MIC choking their economy. 99Forever May 2015 #19

Absolutely correct. libdem4life May 2015 #36

Ka-Ching . . . Spending as much as the rest of the world combined on defense is Strelnikov_ May 2015 #42

Even Mexico sends worthy students to University and most European countries, in fact MOST countries underahedgerow May 2015 #20

our bloated, corrupt Mic prevents us from having free school, upkept roads, healthcare, Doctor_J May 2015 #24

I got free college.... Bigmack May 2015 #28

My dad went to college though the GI Bill too and a got lifelong career for sufrommich May 2015 #30

I do like the idea of people going to college littlewolf May 2015 #31

Colleges is free in Louisiana Sgent May 2015 #33

I didn't know that about Louisiana.nt sufrommich May 2015 #34

Education is a right. PRB May 2015 #44