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		darawk on Oct 29, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Parents Give Me $28k a Year > Serious question, I'm wondering, why you, personally, value other people getting MBA/Engineering degrees over arts? Because they increase GDP, and thereby pay back their education in the form of income taxes, and increase the available wealth for everyone.

InitialLastName on Oct 29, 2018 | [–]

Alternatively, GDP Or no, I value their artistic output over your ability to target ads on a CRUD app.

darawk on Oct 29, 2018 | | [–]

I guess you don't care about the millions of people living in poverty, then?

GuiA on Oct 30, 2018 | [–]

...buying theater tickets or books also increases the GDP?

darawk on Oct 30, 2018 | [–]

Not nearly as much.

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