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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by Kluny on Thursday March 03, 2016 @06:40PM (#11220929)
I'd say that you came up in the public school system, were raised by a mother who dropped out of the workforce and stopped her other contributions to society in order to raise you, received all the cheap or free healthcare that is available to minors, and took advantage of all the opportunities that society provides to young people in order to help them be successful and functional parts of their community. So you've kind of already had your share and owe it back to us.

I'm sure I won't change your mind, but as a single person with no kids, that's how I see it. I'm quite happy to make a few sacrifices to make life easier for today's children.

Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by thescribe on Thursday March 03, 2016 @07:59PM (#11221285)
I doubt any legal scholar would argue that a pre-schooler is able to sign a contract obliging them to pay back a student loan, so how can you say any given person owes society for their public school education?
Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by Kluny on Thursday March 03, 2016 @09:32PM (#11221676)
I said that's my point of view. I had no intention of making a legal argument of it.
Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by CWuestefeld on Friday March 04, 2016 @10:14AM (#11224220)
Doesn't that argument boil down to "we've done it that way in the past, so it must be continued in the future"?