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		candiddevmike on Sept 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How America's universities became debt factories Multi-billion dollar industries represent jobs, stocks, and campaign contributions. The US government is not designed to beat those forces. It's the same reason we'll never see universal healthcare unfortunately.

radpanda on Sept 14, 2024 | [–]

Same reason we have TurboTax instead of a government website to type our taxable income numbers into.

advael on Sept 14, 2024 | [–]

It isn't set up to now, but it has been before and it can be again

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