Hi Tom! :-)

 TW>  And the Citizens of your Country pay Dearly in Taxes. In your case I
 TW> believe a lot of it is a "Value Added" System where the Taxes are
 TW> somewhat Hidden. you don't get the Shock of seeing the Form 1040 
 TW> bottom line like here in the United States.
Well, it's a hard question who should pay for education. Individuals or
society as a whole. Universities also do research work, which I don't think
should be paid by me (as a computer science student).

Ciao
Pascal

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