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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
I'm not sure what the "government's position" on tuition fees is or what. Tuition fees in the USA are ridiculously high, but those in the UK are ridiculously low. I think school is very valuable, and that it increases one's wealth dramatically at the end of the day. Accordingly, I am opposed to giving such an obvious benefit to those who are already privileged (by being smart enough for uni) without compensating the underprivileged likewise. If it's social fairness we want, schooling at the uni level should be a bit expensive. (Again, not as stupidly expensive as in the USA).
Moreover, the levels of costs associated with keeping one student at uni are higher than the tuition currently charged in the UK, I believe. So, this means that not only do the privileged people get free schooling, but also that they do it at the expense of all taxpayers -- including the unschooled laborers trying to eek out a living. It's just not right. It's like taxing everyone to buy nice cars for the wealthy.
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I don't understand your logic. For example, you have a poor person, who is really smart, and then you have a rich person who is less smart. By your logic, if the tuition is higher, the poor person won't be able to go to uni while the rich, but also less smart one, won't have a problem. Okay, the poor one can take a loan, but the rich one doesn't have to. So how does this make it better for the poor person (economically underprivileged)?
Okay, the underprivileged (those not smart enough for uni) will pay less tax, but then why should anyone pay tax at all? Why should anyone pay tax so that people can get health care, if some go to the doctor only once every 2 years, while some people go every week? Why should anyone pay for anything that they don't use? For example, why should I pay so much tax to keep the roads nice if I always take the bus and don't use the roads as much as the people with cars do? But don't get me wrong, I don't mind paying taxes for all those things. [img]smile.gif[/img] I just don't understand your logic, sorry.
Education should be free so that everyone can get a chance to get higher education. And even those with worse grades should have a chance of trying to fix them, or take evening courses to educate themselves further. Here in Sweden everyone has a chance to fix their grades so they get into uni, or at least, if they've finished highschool there are always some higher education schools where they're able to take a course. And those who already work and didn't have good grades in highschool, get extra points added to them so they can go back to school. What's so wrong with that? We all pay tax for schools, and we all get a chance to go to school.
