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The Real Waste Re: More waste (was Re: More Orwell, for everyone!
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Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:39:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

  
   There’s also the small issue that it costs a lot of money to do that. Who is going to pay for it?

Oh I don’t know.

(snipped the rest away)

Precisely. I think you mean the taxpayer, in other words.

Bollocks.

If you found A$300M that’s not needed, how about this for an idea... give it BACK to the taxpayers you taxed in the first place instead of spending it on another boondoggle.

One has to Get the Balance Right: today’s Undergrad’s are tomorrow’s tax payers. The better the education they get today, the more they can earn (and contribute back) in the future. Why not base education on ability to learn not ability to pay?

Think about it. To do otherwise is a waste.

Scott A



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  Re: The Real Waste Re: More waste (was Re: More Orwell, for everyone!
 
(...) Because that doesn't account for the desire to learn. If you truly want to learn, you'll find a way to pay. Your way rewards intelligent lazy people (you?). I'd say there's a balance somewhere, but you haven't got it right either. And since (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
  Re: The Real Waste Re: More waste (was Re: More Orwell, for everyone!
 
(...) I don't know. I fear the room for draconian restrictions placed on "ability to learn" based on who gets to decide. Do you just mean it should be free to all period or that there should be entrance requirements and expulsion criteria? I'd hate (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  More waste (was Re: More Orwell, for everyone!
 
(...) (snipped the rest away) Precisely. I think you mean the taxpayer, in other words. Bollocks. If you found A$300M that's not needed, how about this for an idea... give it BACK to the taxpayers you taxed in the first place instead of spending it (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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