Bro, do you even read? Can you? Try something that isn’t influenced by the mainstream and not just the propaganda line.
You are correct about Austria - one tiny country in Europe where EU citizens can go for free, but it has turned into a nightmare for them / their system.
"The country’s university system was free until 2001; since then studies have been subject to fees (€366 per term for Austrian citizens, about €700 per term for non-Austrians). In 2008, however, the government decided to abolish fees for students who complete their studies in the minimum time and are EU/EEA citizens, but not for others.
Increased accessibility to university-level education has a number of consequences. The dramatic expansion in the number of students led to overcrowding at many institutions. Some critics maintain that the increasing number of students diminishes the overall quality of university-level education despite increases in federal investment. One obvious problem was that more than 50% of students enrolled at universities in the 1980s dropped out before obtaining a degree. Complex reasons account for this high drop-out rate. Some students simply enrolled to acquire student benefits; others study for the sake of personal enrichment without really intending to get a degree. Some are unable to complete their studies for financial reasons. Although a university degree provides students with a substantial amount of social status and better income opportunities, there has been an increase in “academic unemployment,” especially among degree-holders in the humanities and social sciences."
School in general is much cheaper there though. Private colleges are around $4K-5K a semester.
I have never disagreed with making education cheaper / more affordable in the US. The reason it skyrocketed is well known to us all. I know my parents paid around $500-700 a semester for undergrad.
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Compared to what?
Is there a demand for it?
Your problem is that you look at prices as symbols of greed, but they are actually signals.
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I see @castoli711 is busy looking up an answer on YouTube…
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He’ll just post a debate as evidence…
That’s better than posting a meme that means exactly what he’s arguing against, as evidence of the correctness of his position…
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@castoli711, you forgot to answer my questions…
I really wouldn’t know what being wrong looks like.
Haven’t you figure it out? It doesn’t matter because it’s funny money
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He won’t comment until he finds a YouTube video that explains it.
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You don’t have the slightest clue. Does MMT say to print money endlessly? No. But it does say there is a much broader fiscal space.
It is fiat currency. Backed by nothing intrinsic and it’s free-floating.
What do you think? And would the price be high or low?
How do you think that money sent to Ukraine happened? The raising of taxes OR the selling of bonds? Nope. It got there the same way all money is created in the U.S. Taxes and the selling of bonds are not a funding operation. The spending comes first.
By the logic you use climate change doesn’t matter because it hasnt catastrophically destroyed the planet yet.
Or nukes don’t matter because the planet hasn’t been glasses yet.
Can’t deficit spend ad infinitum.
Done rehashing this bullshit with you. Come back when you get some real education, not professor Google.