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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All colleges in the USA, unlike the rest of the world,  are basically #1 a business, money-making venture, whatever you call them otherwise, however they get their funding. [/quote]

Very much so. As a foreigner who went to university for free in my country, it's obvious to me.
However now we're here and are forced to play by new rules. My kid got a cipher postcard from W&M. Hope he gets in.[/quote]

What country?
Those countries usually take half of your income as tax.
There's no such thing as free.

The problem with US systems is more with fairness, not a cost comparison to European countries who pay 50% tax.

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France. I would rather pay more taxes in the US, and have colleges be affordable for more people. I can't send my kids to French unis currently, because their post secondary system is being overhauled and is not working well for French expats. However, France has very affordable healthcare and very little gun violence. But there are more economic opportunities in the US. I'm not blind to my country's faults, or the USA's faults, but it seems they're both extremes in some things: timely example, the CRAZY social upheaval the retirement age reform has caused, led by over-powerful unions. They've even got students to strike - idiot students who don't understand that to fund retirement for their generation, they need to work 2 more years!

I wish there was a middle ground.

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