Presentation of an argument: whether to lower tuition fees
Presentation of positions on the state of the academy within the framework Speech and Debate Club
Excerpt from a speech by Moshe Vanuno - lawyer and accountant I want to talk to you today about lowering tuition fees for two reasons - social and economic Expanding the circle of educationAs the State of Israel knows, 50% from the export is high tech, and high tech is knowledge. That is, we are a knowledge-based country - we export information and knowledge, and therefore from a social point of view the interest is also economic - we have an interest in taking the people and allowing them to acquire the education. Contribute to society and acquire education and work and thus reduce the gap. Another proof of the social interest is taken from economics classes - in one of the first classes you learn that investing in factors of production increases production capacity. This is also true for people - when you encourage the ability of a person through education, he does not need social security, he does not need welfare, and thus the inequality in the country is reduced. Improving Israeli competitiveness and exportsThe economic argument - when we get people to study - the counter consideration is costs - once we allow people to acquire an education the expenditure will be offset by the expenditure from taxes - people who have an education pay taxes and therefore at the end of the day the expenditure will be smaller. Therefore, if we fund more, and in colleges we don't fund at all, then we increase the capacity. Register now for the public discussion |
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