Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Raimo, I agree with you 100% - provided the education is of sufficiently good quality it is the best investment a country can ever make. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Raimo K <raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi>wrote: > Sure, there is no free lunch - or education - and in Finland it's the > taxpayers who pay - not the students or their parents. > We think that this is a good way of educating the next generations, > > All the best! > Raimo K > > ----- Original Message ----- From: philippe.amard > To: Leica Users Group > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 7:38 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X-Pro1 - Jim > > Alice is a school inspector here and went on a professional trip to > Finland this month to discover and marvel on how effective their > education sytem is - extremely limited drop out rate, happy students > and teachers, and a definite asset for or stake on the country's > future. We may have to learn from them, whatever the taxes. > Philippe > > > Le 23 mars 12 ? 00:02, Ken Carney a ?crit : > > Not too sure about the free part. According to my BNA country portfolio >> on Finland, the marginal tax rate (national, local, municipal and church >> taxes) hits about 50% on income between ?38,000 and 66,000 and is over >> 55% >> on income in excess of ?66,000. Then there is a VAT. I'm not going to >> complain on April 15 this year! >> >> Ken >> >> On 3/22/2012 2:07 AM, Raimo K wrote: >> >>> Well, university education is free in Finland (like all other education >>> as well). >>> The Americans may call it socialism (but it isn't), we call it equal >>> opportunities. >>> In the future we may have to charge tuition fees from students outside >>> the EU, though. >>> All the best! >>> Raimo K >>> >>> >>> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >