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Originally Posted by filtherton
Well, increasing costs could also be associated with inflation, and when funding doesn't keep up with inflation, which is the case where i live, tuition increases are inevitable. I agree that some sugar daddy-ish action goes on, but i don't think it is the sole reason behind tuition increases.
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Increasing costs can be off-set by funding increases or (really really big or) increases in effeciency and increases in productivity. Example if the costs of professors increases, you can use less of that resource and still teach more students. Most other industries do this all the time, especially with today's technology. Why not more virtual classrooms/video conference learning/IPOD lectures/books on tape, anything. One professor could teach a million students. why don't they move into the 21st century?????
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Okay, here we go. The original premise of the thread is that SSE is working. Well, what does that mean exactly? I already said clear as day why i don't think SSE is working very well on a micro level. Maybe you could tell me why it is working on a micro level(besides the ability of people to get deeper into debt through financing for houses and cars), because i look around and i don't see an economy that is necessarily "working" in the greatest possible sense.
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O.k. I give.
You da the man! You outlasted me.
<font size=4>SSE doesn't work, <font size = 1> on a micro level, for you.
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According to http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/duc.htm
"In 2002 about a quarter of convicted property and drug offenders had committed their crimes to get money for drugs, compared to 5% of violent and public order offenders.
In 2004 of the 14,121 homocides 3.9% were drug related."
Nationally, violent crime is up:
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<font size=2>The data I saw showed violent crime peaked in 1993 and property crime peaked in 1973. Drug arrests are trending up and at the peak in 2004.
This seems like it could be a topic on its own.
I will end the issue with two rhetorical questions:
Who will do a betteer job spending your money - Government or you?
If you wanted more/better local police protection who would better address that need - Washington or your local government?