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Sun May-30-10 01:35 PM
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101. Education has been commodified in the US

Like everything else in this country.
The education is subordinated to million dollar president salaries. billion dollar endowments and indentured servitude to Citibank.

The European system is a superior model.
Very difficult to get in to.
Only the top students gain admission.
Once admitted, the tuition is paid by the state.

No banks, no loan officers, no Sallie Mae, no usurious banks, no lifetime of crippling debt.

The European state views education as building the future of their nation.
The American system just wants to take 30 grand off the student, by whatever means available.

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