Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ about education

Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by endymi0n on Thursday April 30, 2020 @05:54PM (#23036624)

So what you‘re proposing is that a fairer way to paying back tuition is making it essentially free when taking it and then, IF you end up making a lot of money, paying it back with a share of your income?

I can‘t resist the feeling this sounds surprisingly related to the concept of free higher education and a higher, progressive income tax, a pretty revolutionary approach we‘ve been doing with limited success over here in Germany.

Then again, that might just be my naïve European perspective on things and since taxes are theft and free education is just for those commies wanting free things, it‘s surely inappropriate for a free country.

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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by leetcrew on Thursday April 30, 2020 @06:16PM (#23036867)

I realize you're being somewhat facetious, but a key difference with ISA is that you don't actually pay the "tax" if you don't go to college. this doesn't make much difference for successful people, since most of them probably went to college anyway. but if you're a lower/middle income person who didn't go to college, it seems sort of unfair to have to pay towards other people gaining an advantage over you in the job market.

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