[Leica] Fuji X-Pro1 - Jim

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hi Baharani,

I can't help but agree with you.  And here in Tennessee, they even employed 
a state-sponsored lottery to boost the enrollment.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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> exactly!!
>
> everyone is talking about the rise in healthcare costs.
> no one is comparing the rate of rise of higher education costs.
> it is 6 times that of health care!
>
> all the universities are raking it in and putting up flashy buildings with
> gay abandon.
> and no one is even looking at abuse of HEFA loans, which is as big a
> scandal as mortgage loans if not bigger.
>
> university boards are packed with real estate developers who get HEFA 
> loans
> from the government and spend the money on construction projects.
>
> a good percentage of the loans are also invested in the capital markets by
> university endowment funds and multiplied.
> essentially rolling cheap tax money.
> when there is a profit, the university keeps it.
> when there is a loss, it is a public write-off.
>
> nowadays whenever i see students and their parents touring the 
> universities
> here in boston,
> i only think, here are the next lot of mugs!
> these are the people who are deliberately left in huge debt,
> which they then concentrate on paying off the next 30 years,
> with no time for the policing of democracy at the local or national level.
>
> bharani
>
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:07:49 +0530
> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
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> It is still considered a part of the parent's duty to fully educate their
> offspring here in India (I am talking lower middle class and above here).
> Of course, there is some self preservation involved, as it is still
> considered a part of the offspring's duty to look after the parents in
> their old age. My parents in law have always stayed with me, and my 
> parents
> with my brother - and they have done so for the past 20-25 years. The old
> joint family systems have not noticeably broken down as yet, though in
> urban India it is starting to happen.
>
> As far as the USA is concerned, it is my considered view that the only
> bubble that has not collapsed yet is in education - both in terms of
> affordability, and the sheer weight of student loan debt that has no 
> chance
> of being repaid.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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