I saw an ironic meme on Facebook last week.
Basically it is a message from a student to the US government. It says the German government gives you free college tuition. The Finland government welcomes anyone in the world to get any level of education at no charge. The Danish government will not only let you in college free, but give you $900/month for living expenses for 6 years. Then, it says in America you get loans at 10x the interest rate we charge banks. If you don’t pay they’ll garnish your paycheck. If you declare bankruptcy, you still owe. And, textbooks aren’t even included.
Then, of course, it ends with education is a “human right.”
Is all that true?
Let’s assume it is.
My question to the eager beaver millennial who probably wrote it is, if a college education is so important to you… and if you think it’s too expensive in the US, there are obviously plenty of colleges in other countries who will let you attend free. Why not move to Germany? Or Finland? If you *really* believe your precious college edu-ma-cation is going to be worth so much, it makes zero financial sense for you to remain in America.
Maybe I’m missing something.
But, it sounds way cheaper to:
1. Pack up and move abroad (including changing citizenship)
2. Live off your favorite government’s teet
3. Even bring family with you
… than attend a US University.
After all, I hear tell it’s roughly $9,139 per year tuition to attend a *public* university.
(Even more for out-of-state or private tuition.)
That’s $36,556 in four years.
Plus, that’s not even including text books (which are more expensive than a lot of high ticket info products…), housing, food, transportation, and other fees. In fact, according to a site that tracks this, combined it’s an average of…
$23,331.00 per year.
That’s $93,324.00 for 4 years!
(Not even including the interest on any loans…)
And, since your college edu-ma-cation is so valuable and so One-Ring-of-Power-precious, surely you will have no problem finding yourself a high paying job, no?
I mean, isn’t that what degrees do?
Help get you high paying jobs?
So what are you waiting for?
A Republican to take office so you have an excuse to leave?
go, Go, GO!
According to the meme, Germany, Finland, the Danish government… they want to take the tired, the poor, and the edu-ma-cation-starved yutes.
You’re wasting your life in the US.
And, you’re wasting money, too.
Why pay for it when you can get it free abroad?
Why pay almost $100k on college staying in America when you can get free college and, in at least one case (again, according to the meme), get $900 bones per month free!
Don’t give me your excuses about not leaving family, etc.
Take your family with you.
It’ll be way cheaper.
Hey, they can ALL get free college!
Yes, I know you love your country.
But you can love it from a distance.
If college is your ultimate goal and is a human right, and your kids MUST HAVE IT too… then why in the world would you stick around the evil overpriced US? It’s not like anything is gonna change around here any time soon, after all. Time’s passing whether you go or not — why not go now? Why wait? Why pay $90k+ when you can save that money and get your education free? Airfare, moving expenses, paperwork… that’ll barely dent the $90k+ you’ll be saving and is a pittance compared to what you’ll be making once you have that golden-like degree. And since other countries are so much better to their people, you should have no problem getting a job or all the government assistance you need while your strong, independent self gets that priceless degree.
Wait a minute…
What???
You still don’t want to leave?
Really?
Even after seeing how it’s cheaper to leave? Our education system has obviously let you down then.
Okay, fine.
Then let your uncle elBenbo give you another option:
Start a business online.
No degree required.
Plus, you can do it in 4 easy steps:
1. Find a market with an urgent pain
2. Create (or find, as an affiliate or licensee) a product that solves that problem
3. Start building a list
4. Mail it daily
5. Join the “Email Players” newsletter when it makes financial sense to do so. (Unlike the countries above I don’t provide education free. Get your house in order first. I want people with a proven offer and a list — even if a small list — I can help ratchet sales up with using my system)
My way is pretty inexpensive, too.
And, you don’t even have to leave the country.
When you’re ready, go here:
Ben Settle
