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 Originally Posted by BananaStand
I believe every citizen is entitled to the opportunity to learn a set of skills that allows them to compete in a fair market.
Sure. I probably believe that too. The question is does government involvement in education produce that effect? There is a lot of research that suggests formal education is not resulting in intelligence/knowledge/skill increases, and you also have to weigh the cost and opportunity cost of formal education.* Should the government be involved in doing something that has unknown effects and unknown costs? Are people better off by not making their own choices?
*An irony is that, per Bryan Caplan, the benefit of higher education goes to those who complete degrees and the costs go to everybody else while there is little to no net benefit for society. And the more people are incentivized into higher education through government subsidization, the less benefit those with degrees get.
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