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Americans are moving to Europe for free college degrees

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Hugo Drax said:
40-50 years from now I think Europe will end up being close to other middle east countries. The Muslim population will eventually get large enough that they will be able to turn Europe into an extension of the middle east in terms of politics/freedoms and how women get treated.

All those social programs will be gone in 50 years.
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Yep, especially in the UK. Birthrate forecasts say it will be a muslim majority by 2051 where they represent 40-50% of the population. Many of their whites will probably move here.

Get that free college now while you still can.
 
I'm personally a fan of taking the money for "free" college and putting it back into high schools so we have more educated general populace.

Lets make it so that a "college education" isn't required where frankly, it shouldn't be.
 
Toastedlightly said:
I'm personally a fan of taking the money for "free" college and putting it back into high schools so we have more educated general populace.

Lets make it so that a "college education" isn't required where frankly, it shouldn't be.
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The requirement of a college education for some positions is a result of so many people with college degrees. When the supply of a college educated adult rose the business community will naturally raise their expectations for who is to fill the position.
 
It's a matter of where the money is coming from.

Take a 15% tax rate + 60k in student loan debt

Compare that to a 50% tax rate and zero student loan debt

Do the math after earning period of like 40 years.

Whose college was cheaper?
 
momeNt said:
It's a matter of where the money is coming from.

Take a 15% tax rate + 60k in student loan debt

Compare that to a 50% tax rate and zero student loan debt

Do the math after earning period of like 40 years.

Whose college was cheaper?
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Higher taxes, which provide healthcare, education, welfare wilst not incurring debt bondage for the aforementioned services.

Pretty decent, if you ask me.
 
Hugo Drax said:
All those social programs will be gone in 50 years.
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Even Merkel and other "multi culti" proponents now see that letting in thousands will ultimately lead to problems.
Worry not about social democracy in Europe,Germany in particular, we are 40+ years ahead of you guys with social democracy and Germany is still standing last time I checked, so is Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark etc. and all the other "socialist" nations. You should more worry about what's going on in your country.

By the way, any accepted refugee/asylum seeker can immediately apply for a zero interest student loan in Germany. The max. pay you can get is €670/month, it needs to be paid "no earlier than 5 years after graduation" and not more than €10k total needs to paid back.

So BASICALLY what that means is that anyone who has valid asylum/refugee status, is qualified (because no income etc.) can go to Univ and the loan would cover whatever expenses like rent etc.

Maybe for you guys "absurd", but still more sensible than letting them in and then paying welfare checks for the remainder of their lives. Degree/education == job.
 
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SP33Demon said:
Yep, especially in the UK. Birthrate forecasts say it will be a muslim majority by 2051 where they represent 40-50% of the population. Many of their whites will probably move here.

Get that free college now while you still can.
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I see you get your population statistics from Facebook. Good to know.
 
SP33Demon said:
Yep, especially in the UK. Birthrate forecasts say it will be a muslim majority by 2051 where they represent 40-50% of the population. Many of their whites will probably move here.

Get that free college now while you still can.
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I doubt they will be moving here where white population (as a %) is declining rapidly. They will most certainly be moving to Australia/New Zealand if they can.
 
Atreus21 said:
Yes, apart from a lifetime of high taxes. At least debt can be paid off.
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Not if you're dead. Or poor. Or have no sustainable income. Or have no economic opportunities.

Never mind that the 50% stat is complete bogus, as some Europe blanket tax rate.

'Ere's Scotland's. http://www.netsalarycalculator.co.uk/20000-after-tax/


Though that might seem small to members of this forum, but eh. Not everybody's wealthy, funnily enough.
 
Indus said:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/23/pf/college/free-college-europe/index.html?iid=EL

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Maybe democratic socialism isn't bad.. lets face it.. capitalism has it's share of problems like expensive education and health care and medicine and retirement costs.
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The difference is that

1. They have the intelligence to get in.

2. They have the motivation to do it.

3. They actually do it.

4. They pursue degrees that are probably more fulfilling

Whereas, most American students don't have the intelligence to even get into regular US schools, have no motivation to do it, don't try, and get shit degrees.
 
I do not see how the US can be sustainable in the long term if even the young are milked for profits before they even hold their first job. 50-100K non dischargeable debt at higher than wall street margin rates just to have access to jobs.

Well I guess at least the US in 50 years will not end up an islamic caliphate like Europe.
 
Hugo Drax said:
I do not see how the US can be sustainable in the long term if even the young are milked for profits before they even hold their first job. 50-100K non dischargeable debt at higher than wall street margin rates just to have access to jobs.

Well I guess at least the US in 50 years will not end up an islamic caliphate like Europe.
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No.

We will just have massive amounts of people on welfare, and many people defaulting on their student loans because they can't afford to pay them back.

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Well,
for anyone that bothered to catch Michael Moore's latest, Where to Invade Next (2015), this is old news.
If this is news to you, your out of touch and living in the dark.
College is one thing.
We haven't even touched on the all the others.
How bout comparing what kids in OUR schools are served for lunch, with what kids over in most European countries are served for lunch.
That is, if you really want to get outraged over something....
Don't get me started.
😉
 
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