Freedom Isn't Free

In Australia, you can't go to university without being slugged with a few hundred bucks worth of fees every term.

The problem is, those fees don't go to pay for your education; they pay for a bunch of cultural studies majors to whine about the government and get jobs as members of the perpetually aggrieved:

It is ironic that student unions, whose activist members are never slow to vandalise a HECS-funded university building in their campaign to reduce student fees, charge the only compulsory upfront fees that HECS students face at university. These fees, up to $500 a year, confront poorer students with a daunting financial obstacle. But the use of the funds is the real disgrace.

Take the example of Melbourne University Student Union, operating under the Victorian model. Student politicians argue that abolishing compulsory fees would destroy the rich tapestry of student life by bankrupting student clubs and societies. Yet, out of $7 million collected in student fees, the union spends about $100,000 on student clubs, and about $3 million on administration.

Read the whole thing if lefty campus nonsense interests you.