Germany can afford free college. America is richer than Germany. Therefore...
Remember when they tell you they have to make budget cutbacks on social programs – this is the wealthiest we have ever been as a society. This is the wealthiest any society has ever been.
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germany has been cutting social programs and introducing tuition fees for the last two decades. tuition fees mostly didn't last because students protested. sure, it could be worse, but worse is very much on the agenda of at least the two
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so, I guess you're supporting budget cutbacks in societies becoming less wealthy such as Venezuela and North Korea whose economy is falling:)
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That's what "non sequitur" looks like.
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Reminds me of our austerity-obsessed government here in the UK telling us "there is no magic money tree!" and then somehow finding £1billion spare pounds when it was expedient to buy a Northern Irish political party to shore up their very shaky parliamentary majority.
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It’s all about lining the pockets of those whose pockets are already stuffed.
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But most of that wealth is held by the top 5% of people/corps, who gave no desire to share it.
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Nah, this is just the wealthiest our CEOs has ever been. They need their tax cuts and bonuses or they won't be properly motivated. You expect them to work for free? Pfft, bolshevism!
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It seems that way until you subtract debt. This is the most indebted any society has ever been.
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"The resources offered to shore up the financial system [after 2008] far exceed the total revenue accrued from ALL privatisations ever... the rescue packages would have been sufficient to ELIMINATE world poverty for the next 50 years, if not indefinitely."
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