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Germany makes college education free

Braindead

I want Kronika to step on my face
Already moved to Germany a couple of months ago and already started my studies for free.

Oh and I'm going for a student job (I'll get it hopefully) which will cover like 70% of my monthly expenses, and I'll only be working around 45 hours a month.

Germany is awesome.

EDIT: And to answer Xenomorph's question above: I'm not a German citizen :D
 

TopTierHarley

Kytinn King
Are the taxes higher over there to compensate for the free education? I would love to go to college for free in America, but people seem to hate higher taxes.
Already moved to Germany a couple of months ago and already started my studies for free.

Oh and I'm going for a student job (I'll get it hopefully) which will cover like 70% of my monthly expenses, and I'll only be working around 45 hours a month.

Germany is awesome.

EDIT: And to answer Xenomorph's question above: I'm not a German citizen :D
 

Braindead

I want Kronika to step on my face
Are the taxes higher over there to compensate for the free education? I would love to go to college for free in America, but people seem to hate higher taxes.
I don't really know about the taxes, I haven't been here too long so I don't know much details yet. But I imagine in Europe taxes are generally higher than the US.

They are definitely higher than Palestine where I used to live, because in Palestine I used to pay like %4 of my salary as taxes lol.
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
Are the taxes higher over there to compensate for the free education? I would love to go to college for free in America, but people seem to hate higher taxes.
Nope. It was seen as perpetuating inequality, so the government decided to ban any fees.

Student loans are way too big a part of our economy for anyone to consider banning it(although I wish they would).

Edit: Taxes in Europe are generally higher though.
 

True Grave

Giving The Gift Of Graves
I don't know why this is a big thing when I heard about this a few years ago. I think it's time to move to Germany!
 

ColdBoreMK23

Noob Saibot
Nothing in these countries is free. Someone is paying for it one way or another. Don't be fooled.


Same thing as the people goin around facebook touting how Education and health insurance is "free" in Denmark. What they fail to mention is the 60% tax rate across the board.
 

xQUANTUMx

Twitter: @xxQUANTUM
People pay in excess of 40% taxes in Germany and other socialist structures (canada included). It is tier based on the tax bracket. Programs become heavily subsidized because of this
 

The Great One

"I Always d1 Lif-" SHUT UP
Already moved to Germany a couple of months ago and already started my studies for free.

Oh and I'm going for a student job (I'll get it hopefully) which will cover like 70% of my monthly expenses, and I'll only be working around 45 hours a month.

Germany is awesome.

EDIT: And to answer Xenomorph's question above: I'm not a German citizen :D


How do you English over there? do you have to know some German or are there specific English classes?
 
Should be this way everywhere, it's an easy and good investment for the state.

1) State pays for education (or subsidizes it), Citizens able to easily aquire professional skills
2) With professional skills, they get jobs that pay more than non-trained skills
3) With the larger pay, the government is able to collect more in taxes, thus getting a return on their investment over time

It's a much healthier system as opposed to suffocating citizens in student loans.
 

TopTierHarley

Kytinn King
Should be this way everywhere, it's an easy and good investment for the state.

1) State pays for education (or subsidizes it), Citizens able to easily aquire professional skills
2) With professional skills, they get jobs that pay more than non-trained skills
3) With the larger pay, the government is able to collect more in taxes, thus getting a return on their investment over time

It's a much healthier system as opposed to suffocating citizens in student loans.
What I was thinking, its a very good system the tax increase wouldnt matter due to the better professional jobs that people can acquire
 

HellblazerHawkman

Confused Thanagarian
And in Japan, CEO's can only make a certain amount of money without giving raises (I think it's 100x more than the lowest paid employee). We can go all day talking about how other CAPATALIST countries are better than us
 

nugava

Noob
(Sorry for my poor English)
It's just a point of vue. I live in the south part of Belgium (Wallonie), and I think Angela Merkel's Germany is just a capitalist country where people are underpaid and it's a country who ruins European people by making absurd laws about debts and shit like that...
From a Belgian point of vue, the American system is just unbelievable... Everyone should have the right to have education and healthcare no matter if they are rich or poor...
I suppose Belgium (or Europe in general) would be seen by the US as a socialo-communist shitplace...
 

Shaazzyam

undefeated online evo champion
Germany probably thinks it's hot shit for free college tuition (minus a few fees you still pay) but those chumps don't even have a Taco Bell over there.
 

StevoSuprem0

I'm gonna make this skill gap... disappear.
As a former student with a masters degree in engineering, I'll trade my debt for higher taxes. I'd likely be paying less monthly than I currently do in loan payments and I would be investing in making people that I have to deal with on a daily basis less fucking dumb.
...Or, you know, they could stop spending so much on the get and secure more oil defense budget. Either way, I'm down.
You're not gonna be seeing this shit in the US any time ever though. They can't even agree on what bills to talk about, let alone pass something. The empire has fallen.