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You're right that we prolly end up paying more than all of it back in taxes - but I'm fine with that. By no means is the swedish system even close to perfect, but I consider it the lesser of two evils so to speak. To me, the gain from everyone getting the same opportunity is greater than the economic loss of it. Oh, and btw? What do you base the "scandinavian education sucks" on? Having studied in both the US and in Sweden, that's not my experience.

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worrying about food and education?!?! the cutoffs in this article say families that make under $100k! That's not exactly poverty.....Granted Bay Area living is much more expensive, but this is targeting everyone. It's not like they're offering free tuition to those who make wages in the poverty cutoff, it's 60-100k salaries...

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You apply for financial aid after you're admitted, not when you apply for admission. The decision is made blind to your income.

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Beery, I grew up as one of the "poorer families", and I agree that Since Stanford is private they can do whatever they want, and I might even go so far as to say that I would have jumped at the chance for this opportunity had it been available to me. Yet in general (not related to the Stanford thing) I don't think it is fair in general that the anyone..Rich, poor or middle class pay the way for anyone else . Everyone (rich poor, or in the middle) is entitled to the money they make. Who says the rich made it all off the backs of the labor of others?

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Crap. Replied to wrong commend nest. I meant to reply to that wacktard 11familyguy11 who has the second most original name in the history of the internet.

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Saranagati- It's true that people who earn degrees make quite a bit more than those who do not. We are in deep debt due to school loans, but we can actually afford to pay them off because our income continues to rise with each degree acquired.

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This is great news. Yet I died a little inside.The whole reason I decided not to go was because my family wouldn't be able to afford it.Now they finally decide to do this and I'm about to graduate from a state school (which I'm in love with don't get me wrong)But it does feel like god did this just to spite me. <a class="user" href="http://www.zestrx.com/product/zithromax.html&quot; rel="nofollow">http://www.zestrx.com/product/zithromax.html&lt;/a&gt;

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