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I spent about $125k pursuing my bachelors and masters degree in CS because my parents (who had nothing to do with my life whatsoever) made too much money, and I

I spent about $125k pursuing my bachelors and masters degree in CS because my parents (who had nothing to do with my life whatsoever) made too much money, and I didn't quality for any aids or grants. It took me a decade to pay this off. Considering guest workers usually spend almost nothing for their degrees, it seems that Americans begin their careers with a significant financial disadvantage in comparison. Why can't people on these programs, or the employers of these people, be required to contribute to an education fund to help ensure domestic workers can compete?

bubblethink 4y ago
>Considering guest workers usually spend almost nothing for their degrees A majority of them do. The biggest faction of foreign workers you see in the US in tech get a Master's degree in the US. So much so that these programs would not exist if it weren't for foreign students. The MS programs are cash cows where foreign students subsidize the education for everyone else. >Why can't people on these programs, or the employers of these people, be required to contribute to an education fund to help ensure domestic workers can compete? See my point above. It's already priced in.