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From: bstempleton@watmath.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Who pays for education - company towns
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Date: Sat, 7-Mar-87 14:36:19 EST
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Actually, in retrospect, the one thing John's plan reminds me of the most
is what he would perhaps point to as an example of capitalism at its worst --
the old style company town.


The idea there, as I have heard it told, was that the company freely
provided loans to employees when they were short, never really demanding
repayment, and letting the total get quite high.

If the person wanted to leave the company (or the town) the loans became
due.

The real problem with Mr. Chapman's scheme revolves around the fact that
the government (through subsidies and these easy loans while you stay in
the country) keeps a monopoly on the educational system.  If you want an
education, and you aren't rich enough for it, you are trapped into a system
very similar to the company town described above.

If education were privately owned, with no government controls, then
it would be a different story.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont. (519) 884-7473