Re:Too little is known about whether money spent on higher e...
by brownbat on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:13PM
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> Most of these (scholarships, work study) are available in other countries without the sticker price in the USA.
That's a distinction without a difference if almost no one is paying the sticker price except for the trust fund kid without any ability or willingness to work.
> It worries me how you rationalize this away
I disagree with you because the alternative model, "free or cheap for all," ends up subsidizing that trust fund kid who has no ability or desire to work. If you're subsidizing the rich, it's ultimately at the expense of the poor. It's a regressive system dressed up as progressive, it's just a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Characterizing our disagreement as "me rationalizing something away" though is undeservedly patronizing. If I responded in kind the discussion would quickly devolve into name calling.
We have a good faith disagreement. We can treat it that way or just not bother discussing it.
That's a distinction without a difference if almost no one is paying the sticker price except for the trust fund kid without any ability or willingness to work.
> It worries me how you rationalize this away
I disagree with you because the alternative model, "free or cheap for all," ends up subsidizing that trust fund kid who has no ability or desire to work. If you're subsidizing the rich, it's ultimately at the expense of the poor. It's a regressive system dressed up as progressive, it's just a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Characterizing our disagreement as "me rationalizing something away" though is undeservedly patronizing. If I responded in kind the discussion would quickly devolve into name calling.
We have a good faith disagreement. We can treat it that way or just not bother discussing it.