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From: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: who should pay for education. sort of.
Message-ID: <877@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 14:02:54 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  2 14:02:54 1987
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In article <215@fornax.uucp> chapman@fornax.uucp (John Chapman) writes:

>So a suggestion: make tuition free or nearly so as long as grades
>are acceptable, i.e. give everyone who can benefit from school a
>scholarship for their tuition. Allow people whose academic performance
>is not acceptable to attend but have them pay the true cost of
>the education.  Insist that people whose tuition is paid sign
>a promissory note for the full cost of their education which would
>become payable if and when they decided to leave the country on a
>permanent basis.

WARNING: SARCASTIC REMARKS FOLLOW. IF YOU HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOUR, STOP 
READING NOW!!!

The above is a proof that John Chapman is a Communist. In Russia, tuition
is essentially free, and to leave the country, you need an exit visa. This
system could never work in a free country.

What we libertarians want is the reverse: society owes us an education, but
we should have to pay for it. People who can't afford an education should go
and get a job. If they want to go to school badly enough, they can save
money for it. No jobs: that can be solved if only we eliminate the minimum
wage.

But once we have an education, the state has no right telling us where we
can go. It's a good deal: you get a cheap education here in Canada, then
emigrate to the U.S. where you can make a lot of money. Who says you can't
have it all?

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