Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >>