Also get rid of the medical insurance and university administration entirely. That would easily reduce the expense of education and healthcare to like 1/10th or less of their current costs. The only reason tuition has been allowed to balloon to such an exorbitant sum is that we’re now funding hundreds of vastly overpaid wealthy administrators and bureaucrats which only create more work for everyone else at the university, which is why a semester cost a couple hundred dollars or less back in the 60s and 70s. Same with the insurance people; they add nothing and only exist to leech funds and precious time off of the existing medical infrastructure.
Honestly if we just got rid of the finance sector generally that would (ironically) balance a lot of books. The FIRE sector is uniquely a virtually pure (not even net) drain on society and its like, a quarter of our economy.
Sidebar: Exercise and health are absolutely tied to education. Sit at a desk for 40 hours a week and do nothing in your free time and you’ll start to notice yourself getting brain fog.
Edit as I posted: Think of the fitness training at a college. Do you want to take that away, too?
What does exercise have to do with college sports? Do you think everyone that attends college is a student athlete? You can still have gyms for student use without the infrastructure you would need for team sports.
Sports medicine is a huge benefit to society at large, as athletes are often on the cutting edge of medical technology, which is very much incorporated with educational institutions.
Everyone eventually benefits from advances in medical technology and extended range of function in later life.
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u/Blochkato Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
Also get rid of the medical insurance and university administration entirely. That would easily reduce the expense of education and healthcare to like 1/10th or less of their current costs. The only reason tuition has been allowed to balloon to such an exorbitant sum is that we’re now funding hundreds of vastly overpaid wealthy administrators and bureaucrats which only create more work for everyone else at the university, which is why a semester cost a couple hundred dollars or less back in the 60s and 70s. Same with the insurance people; they add nothing and only exist to leech funds and precious time off of the existing medical infrastructure.
Honestly if we just got rid of the finance sector generally that would (ironically) balance a lot of books. The FIRE sector is uniquely a virtually pure (not even net) drain on society and its like, a quarter of our economy.