The Atlasian Universal Education Bill (Debating)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What in this bill would compensate for the loss of revenue to the institutions? That could impact quality significantly and decrease the percentage of accepted (into the institution) students.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Lumine?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Lets petrify Nix and make him a perment fixture in our chamber.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Disconnecting the cost from the service will ensure that the cost of providing a high quality education will balloon when the same quality education would be preserved at a lowerp rice under a different approach.

We do need to help those who cannot afford it, but we should not be paying to send Bill Gate's kids to Harvard, he can do that himself. Also we need to be more discerning in what degrees we do fund as not all will lead to jobs, which helps neither the economy, nor the students themselves. Once you do that, you can then invest in expanding available slots to ensure the increased demand is met without increasing tuition costs.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I hate doing it, but the first thing that would come to my mind would be a fourth grouping above maybe $500,000, but I doubt it would raise enough revenue to cover $20 billion.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I tend to aggree with Polnut. Both with regards to the taxes and with regards to the spending. Raising taxes much more at this stage will not yield much in terms of revenues.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Where are we on the numbers on this with the amendment's schedule? Are the costs fully covered?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I oppose this bill since I don't think everyone should pursue post-secondary education. If higher education is universalized, a college diploma will likely take on the status of a high school diploma and become something nearly everyone is expected to have, which will mean that everyone will have to go to college, even if their could be better spent elsewhere.

I think everyone who wants to go should be able to afford to go, but yes, not everyone is suited or wants to go to college and can better apply their talents in a trade school or some other avenue.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

NAY


There is $X in clause three. Is that suppose to be there?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What about the "remaining expenses..." They just going to disappear? More $10,000 hammers?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So then indeed the clause serves no purpose.

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye FTR

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I will say that I am open to any concerns that the President has and if need be would support a redraft.