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Re: Cuomo to Propose Free Tuition at New York State Colleges for Eligible
Just Fred wrote:
The bottomline is this: Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society. The question then becomes, what are the priorities for the future of a democracy organized of, by, and for the people? I consider education an absolute necessity, and I applaud any state or nation that sees education as an investment in the future.
Exactly, it's all a question of Priorities, not taxes.
Some of the folks who are so concerned about taxes here, cheerfully hand their money over for things that they do consider important.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Cuomo to Propose Free Tuition at New York State Colleges for Eligible
The bottomline is this: Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society. The question then becomes, what are the priorities for the future of a democracy organized of, by, and for the people? I consider education an absolute necessity, and I applaud any state or nation that sees education as an investment in the future.
Not to nit-pick, but when it comes to budgeting, and taxation, you just can't set priorities for the future, but need to prioritize for the now (fixing roads/bridges and other old or outdated infrastructure) and prioritize dollars for past decisions (pensions, debt, bond payments, etc.)
But do I agree with your core point Fred, that education needs to be priority one for the future.
I think you're going to see a lot of different United States of America over the next three, four, or eight years. - President Donald J. Trump
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Re: Cuomo to Propose Free Tuition at New York State Colleges for Eligible
Sure. Good governance is the process of weighing competing needs and setting priorities.
And education should rank among them, just like roads and prisons.
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