America deserves Santorum

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Which, it seems, is moving to the US (at least for now).......eh?

No. How would you expect me to live with myself, if I'd leave my people with less a chemical engineer to work in their plants, and go work abroads simply to earn a few more zloty?

See, I knew I liked you for a reason.

Well, that makes me feel very warm inside, but seriously, free public education is a reality in many poorer countries, and I simply fail to comprehend why it does not exist in America.

Because education has become a business in the US, instead of a "public" service to educate the population. If your part of a nation you want an educated population. We don't. Yet we want people to attend college, so they can "get a better paying job", it has not been about learning in a long time. It is about payments and interest. Now please correct me if I am wrong. Students have to pay for 10-25 years after the student loan. Who is collecting all this money? Well if it was a government loan, it was loaned to you by the government, with an interest rate of 3.8% or 6.8%, now what if the government also had to loan that money from the fed. They charge an additional interest to the government. So your original loan has compounding interest on it. Not to mention the student once graduates enters at least 10-25 years of debt slavery to pay off said loan. The system is fucked. But it was created this way for a reason. How can we pay for 12 years of "public" schooling, but can't also finace another 4.

Check out these prices for University of Penn. You do the math, and match it with inflation lol. It does not match at all.

1950


Undergraduate Schools:

College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP)
Tuition: $600
General Fee: $25

Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.):

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $500
General Fee: $25

Education:
Tuition: $600
General Fee: $25

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $600
General Fee: $25


2010-2011


Undergraduate Schools:

Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Nursing, Wharton:
Tuition: $36,208
General Fee: $3,300
Technology Fee: $646
Recreation Fee: $360

Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.):

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Education, Fine Arts, Social Work, Annenberg: Tuition: $25,660 (for first 5 years)
General Fee: $2,152 (for first 5 years)
Technology Fee (if applicable): $646 - $1,082

Biomedical Sciences:
Tuition: $25,660
General Fee: $2,152
Technology Fee: $1,082