| Jexy said: Stop being so socialist and giving out everything for free. You can't pay for all of that free college education and free health care without getting the money from somewhere, and taxes are already high in Europe... Also, interesting how college is the most expensive in the USA (although the best colleges and vast majority of them are in the USA) and yet USA has the highest % of people going to college than any country in the world, including European countries which has it for free. In many cases, the USA % doubles Eu countries with college graduates. I think that has to do more with the culture of learning here, and the culture of college and the athletics that go with it and make it prestigious. |
The culture of college athletics is the one part of college culture that needs to be reformed the fastest. Our expensive colleges are all government-subsidized too, just in the fun American way where everyone ends up paying more in hidden fees (e.g. through government backed no-default-possible Stafford loans)
Universally accessible health-care and education are two good things, and are close to being fundamental human rights as you can get, but this is not to say that there is not a good deal of wasteful spending going on in the Eurozone. Aerobus, for one, which Europe insists upon illegally subsidizing because they feel we in the USA are getting away with illegally subsidizing Boeing (which we are), and Europe, like the USA, has high farm subsidies to keep afloat farmers who would otherwise be uncompetitive in global markets.
Suddenly applied strict austerity measures would be just as bad as a financial collapse, and the former would likely lead to a revolt of sorts (see what's happened in Greece and Italy. The people won't stand for it, and while somebody has to take the burden, the most vulnerable of society will tolerate it least)
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
