Subj : Re: Socialist "Democrats" To : ROB MCCART From : Mike Powell Date : Mon Dec 01 2025 10:53:42 > MP>Interesting. My niece is deciding where she'd like to go to grad school. > >Nearly all of her choices (maybe all?) are in Germany or Denmark. Not sure > >about the latter but in Germany it is cheaper for her to attend than it > >would be here in the states. If she were a German citizen, it would be > >"free" in the sense that her taxes would be paying for it instead of her > >paying tuition directly. > My next door neighbours, they are Canadians but they work and > live in the USA and the cost of the Universities down there for a > non resident is amazingly high. Fortunately they make a Lot of > money and don't seem too worried about it. I half expected them > to ship the kids back to Canada in Residence to finish their > education at about 20% the cost. Unless the kids are qualifying to attend universities that the parents believe are somehow better than what is available in Canada, I am very surprised they didn't have them schooled there. Some states and/or individual state institutions do give discounts for non-residents who are living and/or working in the state (and paying taxes there) but that is rare. Mike * SLMR 2.1a * Vanyel Ashkevon, Tylendel and Stefen, r.i.p. --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (618:250/1) .