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3. Why should education be free?

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:12 AM

Mar 2012

Teachers need to be compensated. Schools need to be built and.maintained. Books, equipment and staff are required.

How is any of this free?

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Prosperity, not money [View all] txlibdem Mar 2012 OP

What will I provide once you have everything you need txlibdem Mar 2012 #2

Why should education be free? bluerum Mar 2012 #3

agreed th1977sk Mar 2012 #10

+1 txlibdem Mar 2012 #11

Do you mean like everywhere else in the civilized world? Fuddnik Mar 2012 #6

Maybe this from The Young Turks is the way to go OnlinePoker Mar 2012 #7

Absurd wishful thinking. n/t Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #5

TANSTAAFL Shagman Mar 2012 #8

We have them outnumbered by about 30,000 to 1 txlibdem Mar 2012 #12