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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by malvosenior on Monday June 24, 2019 @09:31AM (#20263369)
> "many useless degrees" is very thin ice to walk on. If there are people wanting to learn something then it's not useless.

Maybe so, but it's also not something I'm willing to pay for or subsidize as a tax payer. Sitting around reading books all day would also be enriching but no one is claiming we should pay people to do that with tax dollars.

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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by ptah on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:26AM (#20264439)
i can't think of a better way to spend tax tbh
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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by AnimalMuppet on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:47AM (#20264738)
Infrastructure spending is worthwhile, but it still has "bridges to nowhere". Similarly, education is worthwhile, but it also has "degrees to nowhere". Not all degrees for all people are worth their cost.
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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by cjbprime on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:08PM (#20266510)
Even if I agreed that some degrees are worth less to humanity, I'd still want to fund all of them, because I don't know (and don't think you know) which ones are which.
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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by ptah on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @04:08AM (#20272059)
there is no way of telling which degree would lead to progress. Steve Jobs famously studied calligraphy after dropping out but still "auditing" classes. if he didn't study "useless" courses effectively tuition free, apple would never have come to pass.
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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by malvosenior on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:34AM (#20264548)
Public transit? Functioning infrastructure? Lowering taxes and letting people keep their hard earned money? Paying for other people's entertainment is pretty much the lowest item on my list and I dare say it should be self funded 100% of the time.
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