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> The dept of education needs to treat universities the same way Medicaid treats healthcare providers. Determine what it actually costs per student per year to
by JackFr 7y ago
> The dept of education needs to treat universities the same way Medicaid treats healthcare providers. Determine what it actually costs per student per year to run a university, and tell the schools "Accept $x or shove off". If they're going to benefit from gov backed loans, they should play by the govs rules.
This.
Either eliminate Federal aid entirely, or if you want aid, here's the price you're gonna charge.
- mertd 7y agoHow do you reckon that the government won't keep cutting the cost to make budget for the next shiny fighter jet?
- lostcolony 7y agoIn other countries that have free education, students get very involved with politics whenever the government tries to do that. The very best thing to create an engaged electorate is to make policies that affect the people you want voting. This is why Democrats are pushing for these changes (and Republicans resist). It's also why even though Republicans will cut the budget, and cut social programs, they always promise (not necessarily promises they intend to keep) to leave Medicare alone (old people vote, and are more Republican than young people).
- JackFr 7y agoIn the current context, the government is spending $X for education. We can say $X = $X_students + $X_schools + $X_lenders, where the subscripted variables represent the portion of the benefit each of the groups captures. I don't necessarily want to change the level of $X. I just want to raise $X_students at the expense of the other two.