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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by bluGill on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:19PM (#17092690)
That is the problem with politics: the unintended effects are always an issue.

Of course everything else has this issue as well. The only difference is most of us start small, and if it works we expand. You can't do that easily for national programs.

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by stochastic_monk on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:24PM (#17092745)
Not in America, at least. Many European countries have government-paid, top-tier public education for free to the students.
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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by bluGill on Monday May 21, 2018 @10:29AM (#17118612)
Yes, but they have their own unintended consequences. As an outsider I have no idea what, but I've been around long enough to know they exist. They might or might not be worth it.
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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by salvar on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:49PM (#17093001)
> You can't do that easily for national programs.

Is this American exceptionalism? Many nations do this, with great results.

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by facing_worlds on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:28PM (#17092791)
What makes you think its unintended? Someone profits from all the student loans issued.
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