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by TheSpiceIsLife 4218 days ago
> If you are going to give away a college education

Now there's an idea. Do both, give education away to everyone, including inmates.

During my parents younger days, here in Australia, a university education came at no cost to the individual. Sounds like a reasonable sort of scenario I reckon.
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arethuza 4218 days ago
In my day (1980s) I got a CS degree from a decent UK University and it didn't cost me a penny - everyone got their feed paid back then and as my parents weren't very well off I got a full grant.

Turned out to be a pretty good investment for HMG going by the amount of tax I have paid... :-)

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jackhammer 4218 days ago
In Germany all public universities (which are the good ones) are free. In Holland it is not free, but Dutch citizens a sort scholarship by default. Which is arguably even better.
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