>And even then, net tax payers can all be considered to have paid for their own education, you never see a situation where poor people fund the education of ric

>And even then, net tax payers can all be considered to have paid for their own education, you never see a situation where poor people fund the education of rich people. But the poor people paying for it don't get the money back. It's going to some other government program, not necessarily to benefit them. >It is a problem if poor students gets tempted to take a low wage job instead of studying just to make money sooner, it is much better for everyone if they don't have to think about that choice, which is why students gets paid to study in Sweden. Why is it much better for society? Most people don't seem to end up doing jobs that are related to their field of study. Sure, there are studies that show that people with a college education are better off than those without, but you have a self-selection problem there. People who have the capability to do well in college will already do better than the average.