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From: scott@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Holt)
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Subject: Re: Who pays? (pc's at UVM)
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Date: Sat, 11-May-85 13:15:20 EDT
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    Why sould music majors pay for part of the education of an engineer
or scientist? Have you ever heard of public goods? Sooner or later, in one
way or another, the education provided to an engineer or scientist will
be benificial to the music major...be it improved roads, faster banking
service, better and cheaper recording equipment. 
    The eductaion that we get is benificial to not only our selves, but to
every active member of society. Why shouldnt the cost of that education be
distributed equally...personaly I feel a engineering or science major shouldnt
have to pay for a PC, a music major shouldnt have to pay for his instruments,
a chemistry student shouldnt have to pay for the lab equipment...all who
derive benifits from the education of these people should pay...that is, 
the taxpayers...only when the tools of education become tools of profit 
should the student pay for them ... that is, after graduation.
 
                           - your friendly neighborhood quasi-socialist,
                             Scott Holt.

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"Its better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!"

Scott Holt
Georgia Tech Po Box 36199
Atlanta, GA 30332

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