Subj : Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Jul 19 2023 09:13 pm

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 >> politician, or political party, thinks it is my responsibility to
 >> help them pay it off. :(

 Ga> It's one of the most aggravating of current events that I can think of.
 Ga> Absolutely infuriates me. There is no valid or justifiable reason to be
 Ga> doing it, other than a political stunt to win the votes of said students
 Ga> (and/or their parents). That's all it is.

 Ni> I've wondered about this, and I think one of the factors about
 Ni> this is whether the society is more individualistic or
 Ni> group-oriented.  People in the US tend to be more
 Ni> individualistic, so it makes sense that the thought process for
 Ni> many people in the US would be "I shouldn't have to pay for other
 Ni> students, and if they want to be successful, they need to pay for
 Ni> it themselves".  In other countries that make college tuition
 Ni> inexpensive or free, I've wondered if it's because of a more
 Ni> collectivist mindset - Perhaps their government wants to have a
 Ni> strong economy by having an educated workforce, so they want to
 Ni> do what they can to make a higher education attainable for many
 Ni> of its citizens.

I think that's all correct.  It's also a sign of those countries being 
much more receptive to the ideas/beliefs of socialism, which is 
generally not very well received here in the USA.  Independence, 
freedom, and small government / small taxes are sort of a fundamental 
thing in America, and have been since ....  1776.  ;-)



.... Freedom isn't free.
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