Subj : Alexandria's Money
To   : Richard Falken
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sat Sep 14 2019 08:20 pm

Hello Richard,

>>Tuition should be free.  Works for students in Louisiana and Georgia.
>>Bernie Sanders wants to go national with this.  And so should we all.
>>
>
>That sounds to me like a recipe for having lots of
>people with Engineering degrees serving pizzas and
>flipping burgers, at the expense of the tax payer.

That is what we have now.  What I want is something better.

>Tax paid tuition (I refuse to call it "free" because it
>is not) does not mean you will become what you study to
>become even if you are any good. There is this magic
>idea that making access to college easy will ensure
>that people fullfills their dreams. Fat chance. When
>everybody has a degree, degrees are worthless.

Each colleges and university sets its own standards.
And the good ones are accredited.  The professors are paid.
The students still have to pass the tests in order to graduate.
So where's the problem?

>TBH it is time for people to realize that the
>pussification process we call Degree is not the end-all
>be-all of either culture or professional success. If it
>becomes insanely expensive people should give it the
>middle finger and do something else with their lives.

Flipping burgers is no way to make a living.  That is
why people choose to go to college (or trade school).

What we used to have, long ago, was only rich kids
being able to go to school.  Poor kids could not afford
to do so, as their parents also had no money to pay
the exorbitant cost of tuition.  Remember, back in
those days, almost all colleges were private.

Today, even public colleges and universities are
becoming unaffordable, as states continue to cut their
budgets.  And with the interest rates of student loans
making it virtually impossible for people to repay,
only the wealthy will be able to afford paying the cost
for higher education.

Which was fine for those who lived in the 19th century.

>I have been through a State backed college and even
>been involved with the directive. The way they waste
>money in superfluous crap while at the same time
>providing non-professionalizing education is
>disheartening. I wish nobody to be forced topay for it
>with their taxes.

If you want to make money, you have to spend money.
Preferably other people's money.  That is the way to
get ahead in life.  The best way, for most folks, as
most folks are not independently wealthy.

--Lee

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Stop Workin', Start Jerkin'

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