Chilean Congress OKs law for free university education

[Judi Lynn]

Chilean Congress OKs law for free university education
Dec 23, 7:59 PM EST

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chile's Congress has approved a law granting free university education to many of the South American country's students.

The law was approved by both houses of the legislature Wednesday.

The measure is a pillar of President Michelle Bachelet's reform promises. It is expected to aid about 200,000 students at state universities. Students attending private institutions are also expected to join with some conditions.

Chile's Constitutional Court had recently blocked a part of Bachelet's proposal to provide free university education to half the country's poorest students.

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[Scootaloo]

1. here we get told it's "pie in the sky socialist nonsense"

Mostly by people with something to gain from the for-profit system.

[Judi Lynn]

2. They would fight like madmen to keep the abyss between themselves and the masses.

The last thing in the world they want is for the poor to have the same chance they had to be able and protected enough to learn and to study, and overcome some of their desperate hardship.

Gotta keep the impoverished masses of needy workers available to do the work for them for next to nothing, and then to die, to be replaced by younger, healthier workers, perpetually.

Don't want those workers living anywhere near them, don't want to see them, don't want to be reminded of how shallow, and greedy they are, to want to keep the majority of the world living in fear from day to day that their lives can get even harsher, more painful.

Gotta have it all nice, luxurious, and roomy at the "top", with no one to make them face their rotting consciences and a long expanse of time ahead of them waiting for their karma to make its appearance at just the right time.