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> when tutition is free for Germans, it seems wierd and discriminatory to take fees from foreigners German citizens subsidize this "free" university with their
by sparkling 9y ago
> when tutition is free for Germans, it seems wierd and discriminatory to take fees from foreigners
German citizens subsidize this "free" university with their taxes. This includes low-level workers who have never visited a university. So essentially you are asking poor people in Germany to pay for the education of middle-class or rich people from other countries.
- louithethrid 9y agoThe poor dont pay much taxes in germany either. So its the middle class supporting a open world view. And i found it quite enriching. Sorry, that WYSIWYG doesent work with universitys, because you have by condition of usefullness not yet seen what you get and can only afterward value it apropriatly. I love the german enducation system. In it great endavours may still be possible.
- fauigerzigerk 9y agoAnd another country's tax payers have subsidized that student from preschool through primary and secondary education. Also, the implication of your argument is that graduate immigrants should get a tax break because tax payers never had to subsidize their degree.
- captainmuon 9y agoIndividually, sure, that's how taxes work. But it's a really skewed way of looking at it. Poor people who only have a bike and make minimum wage in a way pay with their taxes for freeways (or Autobahns) - even if they are never going to use them. Is the conclusion to stop building streets with tax money? Collectively, on average, poor people get more out of the state than they pay into it. If I'm rich, I will pay much more taxes than my kids will be able to use up by going to Uni. If I'm poor, it's the other way around (assuming we take advantage of it).