@freemo
hoookay...
So, where we agree is that education should be free.
I just noticed you're living in the Netherlands. So how are you dealing with the taxes here when you found the German system too expensive? I've studied in Germany (no fees, plus government support for expenses!), worked there for some years, then the UK, and now the Netherlands. The UK is certainly much more social than the US (but eroding quickly, which is why we left), but everywhere employers are expected to care for their employees -- and that is right and proper for me because the only peoe who want to go back to Dickens' times are those who don't mind getting rich by making others miserable. And those are not my friends.