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On the contrary - a doctor over their lifetime is an immensely valuable asset to society. They prevent people from dying or being permanently injured - getting
by SR2Z 1y ago
On the contrary - a doctor over their lifetime is an immensely valuable asset to society. They prevent people from dying or being permanently injured - getting an extra year of functionality out of someone's body easily results in tens of thousands of dollars of GDP, if not more.
It's not an art degree that it's just debt with no expectation of usefulness. The government should be offering medical training for free if it can afford it.
- techblueberry 1y ago> The government should be offering medical training for free if it can afford it. Yeah, I don't think we're disagreeing here, for free, sure, $300k debt? No
- SR2Z 1y agoI mean, who carries the debt is an accounting issue. The point I'm making is that it is actually very reasonable for a medical degree to cost $300k and it would be worth it to society even if it were several times higher.