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[Xanith]

Furthermore, those countries that have a free higher education system are far more likely to provide political opportunities to "dirt poor" citizens by allowing them to persue any career they wish. Be it doctor, lawyer or even computer programmer. Given that a good education is often (but not always ) linked to political life, this would appear to be another deciding factor in favour of other countries having more political opportunities... but oh, hang on, I forgot, America is the land of the free, isn't it How silly of me to question that

Haha you think its free higher education huh? A lot of these socialistic countries that you are talking about have tax rates upwards of 40-60%. When will people learn that nothing is free, everything is getting paid for one way or another. I for one would rather have the choice to go to any college I want, paying as much or as little as I decide, not what the government decides.

And even the very poor in the US can get a great college education. There are so many grants, scholarships, and low interest loans available to those that work hard and get good grades in high school (which is “free” for everyone in the US).

There is a reason why people from all over the world come to the US for higher education, even though it is not “free”. I guess it’s the same reason why people come to the US for medical care, the “free” education that other countries doctors receive is just not the same as it is here in the US.

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[SurfDemon]

Haha you think its free higher education huh? A lot of these socialistic countries that you are talking about have tax rates upwards of 40-60%. When will people learn that nothing is free, everything is getting paid for one way or another. I for one would rather have the choice to go to any college I want, paying as much or as little as I decide, not what the government decides.

Riiiiggghht. So a country with free eduction is a socialist country now is it? Funny definition, but there you go.... funny a quick glance at that socialist country of Britain shows that it's tax rate is 22% up to about $100,000. Which if I'm not mistaken is lower than the US tax rate for a comparable income.... strangely enough, it also has free medicine..... when will you stop harping on about that?

Oh hang, that's all very socialist isn't it? I get the impression that you think if anyone does anything different from the US, then it's "socialist". You see, it's very simple. Free higher education equals higher earning workers. Higher earning workers bring money into the country and pay a percentage of it in taxes. I have no doubt that the British government got the cost of my Computer degree back many times over in taxes... (at 22%), rather than if I had stuck to a lower paying job....

I'm curious. What's your policy on privatising other aspects of public service? Or is it just "Socialist" when it's anything different from the way the US does it at present?

How about privatising the police force? How different are they really from doctors and nurses in that they provide a service?

I know, what about privatising the fire-brigade? They would have lots of nice new equipment and they would only go out to those who paid their subscription. So is it socialist the fact that your fire-brigade isn't privatised?

What about NASA. Shouldn't that be privatised and made to fend for itself?