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So, they will pay huge taxes to finance the public education system they didn't benefit, while at the same time repaying their student debt because they had to
by Joky 10y ago
So, they will pay huge taxes to finance the public education system they didn't benefit, while at the same time repaying their student debt because they had to pay for university in their own country? I don't quite follow the logic...
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- wavefunction 10y agoIf you live in a society, you benefit from its education system even if you didn't attend it, as all the folks who were educated in that society's educational system are the rest of the folks who contribute to the economic system and its health and robustness.
- Joky 10y agoI didn't judge in my comment if it is good or bad to organize a society based on these values. That seems to me to be a bit unrelated to the situation at hand, where you have to move across countries and switch different systems. That fact that you may end-up paying "double" is what I was raising.
- flurdy 10y agoTaxes is for more than just education! Anyway, you will benefit as your friends, colleagues, neighbors and especially your own children will not be burdened with the debt, and more likely to be well educated.
- Joky 10y agoIsn't education the largest part of state spending in France (not saying it is bad thing, but still).
- flurdy 10y agoTrue, it probably is a large chunk though not sure if largest. For example in the UK , education is about 1/6. Where as over 50% is NHS, welfare and pensions. (and only 0.3% is spent on unemployment) https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/11/09/public-attitudes-tax-distribution/ https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/11/09/public-attitudes-tax-di...