RS> BULLSHIT they havent, we happen to have FREE education.

LE> Free, my ass. I pay for it.

RS> You have a problem with simple english dont you Lewin ?
RS> It means that the person attending doesnt have to pay Lew.

DH> Still bullshit.

Nope.

DH> They don't pay for the units _they_ consume.

They dont necessarily get to pay for what OTHERS consume
either Dave. The word free in that context is JUST referring
to what the one who attends has to pay before they can attend.

DH> If and when they become "productive members of society",
DH> unlikely though that may seem, they pay.   For someone else's.

They may or may not. If they for example bludge on welfare for life, they
dont actually pay for someone elses. Everyone else keeps paying for them.

DH> And Lewin's correct.

Nope, thats not what the word means in that context.

DH> Currently, he pays.  20 years from now, the twerps
DH> he's paying for will be paying for someone else.

In his particular case, quite possibly. Says nothing useful
at all about the meaning of the word free in that context tho.

DH> (Or were you expecting an economic perpetual motion machine again?)

Gets sillier by the minute. It doesnt have to be a perpetual
motion machine for SOME to get something for free Dave.

Even you have likely noticed that the air we breath is indeed free.
In some circumstance the guvmint will even pay you while you breath it.
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