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What if, hear me out, we make basic education free for everyone, including those in prison?

• cat199 9y ago
  article makes 0 mention of this (not even one sentence); the only 'proposed delta' is prison education.. critique is fair in this context imho... which doesn't mean lowering the overall barrier to education is not a good idea and probably would reduce incarceration in the first place...
• chapium 9y ago
  Its interesting to see this argument come up on HN. How would we control the costs? If tax paid education cannot keep up with the cost of schools should we put a ceiling on professor wages? I believe that would be a horrible idea since the best talent would begin seeking greener pastures. On the other hand, should we just keep increasing taxes instead? The evil of that is a It decreases in competition for universities to be efficient. The market answers both of these issues, whereas free education does not.
  • realbarack 9y ago
    Are professor wages really a substantial factor in increasing university costs? I don't know too much about the subject but I've always attributed it to (1.) the wide availability of student loans making it easy for college tuition to rise faster than is affordable and (2.) the crazy amount of expansion/construction/etc. that universities seem to be doing constantly.
    • monocasa 9y ago
      And (3.) total college administration wages increasing. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4738584 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4738584
• banned1 9y ago
  Agree. How much more taxes do YOU pony up? Let’s say, $10k a year. Yes?
  • tomswartz07 9y ago
    $10k/year? Probably not. A slightly more amount of taxes than I currently pay? Sure; if it's for the betterment and reformation of the worse-off in our society, I'd gladly pay a bit more money.
    • banned1 9y ago
      How much?