Comments by "Kameraden" (@Alte.Kameraden) on "🙄 The Myth About Free Education In The Soviet Union #ussr" video.

To be as cruelly honest as possible. Nothing is ever Free. Even if a Dollar sign is never attached. It's subsidized, meaning the cost comes from somewhere else, and even indirectly from the very people who are claiming they're getting it for free. So it isn't ever actually Free. That being said. I do agree with people who say education is grossly over priced, and I don't see why it should cost as much as it does. Question I've often had though never dug very deep into are "Where does the money go?" Back into the Schools? Lining some middle man's pockets? Are college professors paid too much? Do many schools have unnecessary programs and or Studies that do not benefit students but increase staff/cost? I did read somewhere students have also become more selfish in the past half century few give back to the schools they were educated at if they themselves become successful. Has private donation to colleges dried up entirely I wonder? I remember in the early 20th Century a lot of US Schools were given handsome donations which were often enough to keep said schools functioning for generations, Andrew Carnegie being one of those benefactors for example. Gave most of his fortune away before his death and much of it went into the college system. Which helped made higher education in America very affordable for many many years. There were no tax breaks back then for making such donations so you know it was sincere. From what I've seen anymore the only time super wealthy people donate to education anymore is for a Tax Break, and if the Tax Break is worth donating that money then they're likely making more off the tax breaks than the amount they've actually donated. Definitely makes me want to remove those tax breaks so they can not "Pretend" to be doing good while in actuality making a profit. So they would actually have to give money to make themselves look good in the news papers.
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