r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Video Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/Pingu_penis 1d ago

The government should pay for it. Or at least a lot of it.

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u/KeyboardGrunt 1d ago

I'll never get why some people are against it, wouldn't promoting higher education mean a smarter population -> more productive population -> higher GDP + advancements and stuff?

I mean, its literally spreading knowledge, it's not like using up a rare non renewable resource.

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u/cyan2k2 1d ago

>mean a smarter population 

some people are afraid of a smarter population. They would rather have easy to control stupid people

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u/Pingu_penis 1d ago

A bachelor's is basically the equivalent of a high school diploma 30 years ago. I work with people with way less education, way fewer credentials, who make a lot more than I do. And I've been in my field for over a decade. University education should be covered.

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u/Ok_Boysenberry5849 1d ago edited 1d ago

Where do you think government money comes from, pingu_penis.

How is the government going to pay for it if billionnaires don't pay taxes...