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Sort of, it does get cheaper in some places. When I went through college in Canada a few years ago, the majority of degrees were between $2500-4000 a year. Not
by potatolicious 15y ago
Sort of, it does get cheaper in some places.
When I went through college in Canada a few years ago, the majority of degrees were between $2500-4000 a year. Not quite as affordable as Belgium, but far more affordable than most places in the USA.
And then I moved to WA state, where there is no state income tax, only federal, and I figured that this was simply a matter of taxation vs. subsidization.
And then I moved to California, where I find that my overall tax rate is as high as it would be for the same income in Canada. So... for the same amount of tax paid, in Canada I'd get health care and heavily subsidized college education for all people, and in CA nobody gets nothing.
What's up with that? Where's all this money going?
- protomyth 15y agoGovernments sometimes have some very strange priorities. California is spending a lot of cash on salary and pension. It looks like it is going to get a lot worse in CA (lots of unfunded commitments). Its all tax money, it just where the reps vote to spend it. [edit fix autocorrect]
- repsilat 15y agoHere's a great article about California's fiscal woes: http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/11/michael-lewis-201111.print http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/11/michael-... The article talks about legal difficulties in raising property rates, huge pension costs, a culture of entitlement and endemic political obstruction.