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		001sky on March 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Confessions of A Job Destroyer You do realize the reason they're calling for high taxation is to reduce the costs of kids going to college.... Huh? Gov't tax == subsidies == tuition inflation.

rattray on March 12, 2013 [–]

I don't believe that's how the math plays out in most socialist countries, where uni often costs a few grand a year iirc.

The particulars of the current American system are a different story if we look at certain kinds of private colleges.

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