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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by orly_bookz on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:10PM (#13007529)
What? I'm not forcing anyone to do so nor even asking them to.

As far as I'm aware, none of us are allowed to pick and choose what our taxes go to or else I probably would give more to the arts than, say, the military.

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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by cmdrfred on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:18PM (#13007632)
This discussion has been on the public funding of college education.

So, the crux of your argument is: because money is squandered in one area its fine to do so in another?

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Re:U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loa... by orly_bookz on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:23PM (#13007689)
No. It's not. I'm not trying to be rude here but I don't know why you keep making arguments for me. I never said that nor the last thing you think I was saying.

All I said was "hey maybe you're right there isn't a tangible value in terms of money in and money out but perhaps there are other, more-difficult-to-track reasons why the arts are important."

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