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From: chapman@fornax.uucp (John Chapman)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: who should pay for education. sort of.
Message-ID: <223@fornax.uucp>
Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 15:21:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  4 15:21:08 1987
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> In article <221@fornax.uucp> chapman@fornax.uucp (John Chapman) writes:
> >Well let me try to put it in simpler terms for you.
> >
> >Suppose universities decide to charge the full cost for each student.
> >Do you have a problem with this - people paying for what they get?
> >Then suppose Canada student loans are increased to cover these higher fees.
> >Reasonable, no?
> >So far we haven't changed things very much from what we have today.
> >Now we say : having "you" educated benefits the whole country so we will
> >forgive your student loans as long as you remain a member of this country.
> >That's it. What is so radical or silly Brad?
> 
> Suppose hospitals decide to charge the full cost for each patient.
> Do you have a problem with this - people paying for what they get?
> Then suppose Canada health loans are implemented to cover these higher costs.
> Reasonable, no?
> Now we say : having "you" healthy benefits the whole country so we will
> forgive your health loans as long as you remain a member of this country.
> [Naturally, if the patient refuses to sign the required  promissory note we
> refuse to provide him with free health care;  and if he can't afford the full
> cost of a triple bypass - tough, he had his chance]
> That's it. What is so radical or silly John?
> 
> J.B. Robinson

I hope people can see the obvious flaws in this attempt at an analogy so
I won't waste a lot of space explaining it. However Jim, the next time
you voluntarily decide to get a brain tumour I shall try to see to it
that you are billed the full cost for treatment.