Interesting. I wonder how much crime costs the community which benefited from his philanthropy. If this crime rate was cut in half, then the cost of his philanthropy would be offset by the reduction in the cost of crime. Moreover, if the graduation rate increased from 25% to 100%, this would imply that young people who would otherwise have been dependent on the state would now be contributors.
I wonder if a cost-benefit analysis would show that the benefit to the community far outweighed the outlay. If so, then it would stand to reason that Americans in general would derive a net benefit from free college education and child care.
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Interesting. I wonder how much crime costs the community which benefited from his philanthropy. If this crime rate was cut in half, then the cost of his philanthropy would be offset by the reduction in the cost of crime. Moreover, if the graduation rate increased from 25% to 100%, this would imply that young people who would otherwise have been dependent on the state would now be contributors.
I wonder if a cost-benefit analysis would show that the benefit to the community far outweighed the outlay. If so, then it would stand to reason that Americans in general would derive a net benefit from free college education and child care.
would that not also apply here or any where else that would have the means to implement it in the first place?
dogbox wrote:would that not also apply here or any where else that would have the means to implement it in the first place?
The problem is the finite number of available placements. Hence we have tertiary entrance requirements, and these differ according to the faculty. Perhaps if the universities still took in the same number from a higher pool of applicants the bar would be a little higher to get in.
dogbox wrote:would that not also apply here or any where else that would have the means to implement it in the first place?
The problem is the finite number of available placements. Hence we have tertiary entrance requirements, and these differ according to the faculty. Perhaps if the universities still took in the same number from a higher pool of applicants the bar would be a little higher to get in.
that would have been the next question would we end up with a whole lot of educated/well schooled people with no prospects of employment?
Well the assumption here is that a College Degree is the ONLY glittering prize. There are other skills / vocations that require training and discipline and will result in a saleable skill set. Like Trades Electronics . Plumbing. Plant Operating. Bricklaying. etc.
But I dont think Harris was saying that. I think his point was that Give a man a Fishing Rod....
