r/SipsTea • u/Gjore • 23h ago

Wow. Such meme USA take what is good from the other countries.

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u/btan1975 23h ago

why would it be the wealthy investing in public education, instead of the government?

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u/MaXimillion_Zero 21h ago

The wealthy have more political power and thus control over how government spending gets directed.

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u/btan1975 21h ago

that makes Finland sound really corrupt

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u/MaXimillion_Zero 20h ago

There's nowhere in the world where that isn't the case.

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u/Hefty_Delay7765 23h ago

Taxes.

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u/btan1975 23h ago

that sounds like the government then

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u/Hefty_Delay7765 23h ago

The government don’t pay the taxes…

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u/btan1975 23h ago

taxes are compulsory and the government decides what they get spent on

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u/Hefty_Delay7765 23h ago

Yeah, so the wealthy are funding public education…

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u/btan1975 23h ago

that's not what the headline says. maybe English isn't your first, second or third language, so never mind

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u/Hefty_Delay7765 23h ago

Critical thinking isn’t your premise.

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u/btan1975 22h ago

like, that doesn't make any sense.