If someone were to compare the cost of education in the U.S. to the cost of education in Germany, they would have to compare the amount of money that is allocated for education in each country. This would also be determined by the rate of tax paid, the quality of the education and does the benefit to that education out way the cost of it to the citizen receiving the education. The concept of a benefit from higher education, on an economic level, is something that could be used as a barometer to the size of an overall economy in each country. If that were the case, we would have to compare Germany’s economy to that of the United States. (That isn’t even a contest, the U.S. dwarfs Germany’s economy.) We would also have to compare the over all debt to the citizen for the cost of said education. Germans are paying for their education, not their government. The German government is not an exception to the rule that governments have no money. They have their citizens money, just like right here in the good old U.S. of A..

I think if people spent more time focusing on the reality of a given situation, instead of whether it makes them feel good to make a statement, they would find that the reality almost always out ways the idea.