The reason why student debt is basically unheard of in Denmark since college is free (although to make that happen, the Danish government poses high taxation towards citizens like they do in order to maintain stable social security nets like subsidised healthcare and public housing, also why they have less homelessness).

Mainly Danish, Swiss and European citizens are eligible to study without stressing over student debt upon graduation. It stems from this: Danish government is more on for the people while American government is more on caring about themselves plus nepotism on the side (MORE & HIGHER TAXES TOO ON TOP OF THAT).

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    Sure, and most people don’t pay “full price” at the hospital. Yet health insurance is insanely expensive in itself. So yes almost everybody gets some sort of discount, but it’s usually a drop in the bucket. $1000 “scholarships” might be a 1% discount.

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      you’re just spouting lies and bullshit.

      these are all numbers we can look up, and the statistics aren’t as bleak wish they were.

      but again don’t let reality get in the way of your hyperbolic bitterness towards the world, I guess.

      a minority of people get fucked by the healthcare and education systems, and often it’s to some degree their own fault or ignorance. the median medical debt is $2,000. just because a minority of people it’s like 200,000, doesn’t mean that is a general condition for the vast majority of people.

      But hey, who am I to get in the way of your ignorant rage?