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"Free" means someone else should be paying for it. Now, as an average income guy I will never earn as much as a Doctor and will vehemently oppose any move to pa

"Free" means someone else should be paying for it. Now, as an average income guy I will never earn as much as a Doctor and will vehemently oppose any move to pay for these would be rich people's education. If the degree is worth something, please pay it yourself. >Countries like Germany show All these kids are more than welcome to go to Germany and save $500K in tuition fees.

Broken_Hippo 8y ago
Now, as an average income guy I will never earn as much as a Doctor and will vehemently oppose any move to pay for these would be rich people's education Yet... that would cease to be the case. You wouldn't be paying for rich people's education. You'd be paying for education for whatever person put in the study time to be a doctor, based on actual merit instead of merit + money. It means that you would have that same chance at schooling. It would mean that doctors could make less money and it probably more likely to live in areas with fewer doctors. And hey, if they become rich, they'll be paying it back into the system and paying for more education that you, as an average-income worker, ever would.
- Karishma1234 8y ago
  404 logic not found. You just want to forcibly take away my money so you can feel good.
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namdnay 8y ago
> as an average income guy I will never earn as much as a Doctor Maybe if you had had free education you could have been a high income guy, perhaps even a doctor!
alkonaut 8y ago
Publicly funded MDs means they aren’t as well paid. It’s no longer a super privileged class who took a great financial risk they must be rewarded for. They are paid well, just like an engineer. But I’m sure if you look at what a Danish doctor earns you’ll see one reason why healthcare is cheaper to produce there. Once higher education is a public service and not a personal investment, there is much lower returns expected.
bob_marley2 8y ago
>All these kids are more than welcome to go to Germany and save $500K in tuition fees. Be careful what you wish for, brain drain is a real phenomena.

Broken_Hippo 8y ago

Now, as an average income guy I will never earn as much as a Doctor and will vehemently oppose any move to pay for these would be rich people's education Yet... that would cease to be the case. You wouldn't be paying for rich people's education. You'd be paying for education for whatever person put in the study time to be a doctor, based on actual merit instead of merit + money. It means that you would have that same chance at schooling. It would mean that doctors could make less money and it probably more likely to live in areas with fewer doctors. And hey, if they become rich, they'll be paying it back into the system and paying for more education that you, as an average-income worker, ever would.

Karishma1234 8y ago
404 logic not found. You just want to forcibly take away my money so you can feel good.

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namdnay 8y ago

> as an average income guy I will never earn as much as a Doctor Maybe if you had had free education you could have been a high income guy, perhaps even a doctor!

alkonaut 8y ago

Publicly funded MDs means they aren’t as well paid. It’s no longer a super privileged class who took a great financial risk they must be rewarded for. They are paid well, just like an engineer. But I’m sure if you look at what a Danish doctor earns you’ll see one reason why healthcare is cheaper to produce there. Once higher education is a public service and not a personal investment, there is much lower returns expected.

bob_marley2 8y ago

>All these kids are more than welcome to go to Germany and save $500K in tuition fees. Be careful what you wish for, brain drain is a real phenomena.