2026-01-23 15:10 UTC
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@AA5B@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 15:15
My taxes and tuition are paying for literally billions of dollars for stuff at my states public university system that I never use. It’s a great investment giving us one of the best education systems in the country. The picture doesn't say where they are but my youngest is at university in a rural area about two hours drive away. They have plenty of land for parking and it’s tough to get anywhere off campus without a car. More importantly I need to take a full day off work to drive him back after break, when he could get himself there if there was a spot to park Historically train service existed, so there’s hope, but restoring service lost even the funding to study and plan with the current policy chaos, and would have been far in the future anyway. Instead my kid abit crazy - literal ten mile hike to get to a wilderness area where he can hike. What other parent has a kid walking 20+ miles, after going to class all day?
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@RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 19:42
You already pay for stuff you don't use that's just the nature of how business works. Why draw the line at parking? I personally don't like public restrooms so if I agree not to use them can I get cheaper tuition? It's not fair for me to pay for something I don't really use right?
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@wieson@feddit.org 2026-01-23 16:26
Nah. I paid 200€ a semester student contribution for a train ticket and the student parliament and stuff and 0€ tuition. But I ended up taking the 30min car ride instead of 2h bus+train and the car park was free (it was just a gravel plot but who cares).