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To: bentway who wrote (45328)12/2/2005 10:55:46 AM
From: John VosillaRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
"I think college should be free here to anyone capable of doing the work, paid for by the government through taxes. I'm sure we're losing a great deal of low-income talent."

Why go through all the hassles of getting an engineering or computer science degree and then be outsourced or compete with 500 candidates for one position? Just become a contractor and make a great living in the trades by the time you are 21.



To: bentway who wrote (45328)12/2/2005 11:24:25 AM
From: tontoRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
What you are really saying is that you believe we the taxpayer should pay for everyone's education. In your compassionate communistic world that is nice. Care to personally pay for my childrens schooling?



To: bentway who wrote (45328)12/2/2005 12:31:05 PM
From: Lizzie TudorRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
They each have a population pool of over a billion to draw those "top candidates" from, vs. our 300 million.

Yes true, this is the same argument that the Chinese swimming team uses to explain why they they outperform our athletes 2-1 and their women look like a bunch of pumped up steroid users! (they obviously do take steroids)

In the case of education the US has one other advantage- we allow the best foreign candidates to immigrate here and many are willing to do so. So it isn't the same as a flat "1 billion" vs. "300 million" argument. Valid point though



To: bentway who wrote (45328)12/6/2005 4:52:40 PM
From: fattyRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
>I think college should be free here to anyone capable of doing the work, paid for by the government through taxes.

I thought college here is nearly free for anyone 'capable of doing the work'. For my undegrad degree, I paid $10k plus $15k loan. The loans were paid off within a year after graduation.


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