Pascal Schmidt wrote in a message to CHARLES ANGELICH:

 PS> Hi CHARLES! :-)

 CA> From what I was reading, now that tuitions for colleges in
 CA> Germany will no longer be free, there may be less Germans
 CA> "doing research" in the future. 

 PS> It depends a bit on the field whether students do any research, but
 PS> yes. Stupid move by the politicians. First they complain that
 PS> Germany hasn't got enough people finishing higher education, then
 PS> they make sure that only rich people can even go to university.
 PS> It's only the tip of the iceberg, though, there are quite a few
 PS> other problems.

Not that I want to start a whole political thread in here (I ususually use
the 10TH_AMD echo for that,  and have been neglecting it of late),  but
this was too good to pass up.

I have this button sitting here,  one of many in my collection,  that I got
a while back when "balanced budget" was the hot topic.  It says: 
"Balance The Budget:  Declare Politicians a Game Species"    :-)

 CA> They said it costs them as much as $245 US per semester for lab
 CA> fees already (WOW!) and I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.
 PS> Beats me.

 CA> I _would_ like to say "Welcome, Germany, to the REAL world". ;-) 
 PS> I would like to ask the politicians whether they have thought that
 PS> move through, which I don't think they have beyond the fact that
 PS> this will generate extra revenue for them to spend.

See above.  :-)

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