Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday.

Starting in the fall, the donation will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000. Living expenses and fees will be covered for students from families who earn up to $175,000.

  • @Carvex
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    621 month ago

    Must be nice to have your taxes pay for something useful instead of guns and war like us.

    • @[email protected]
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      A powerful army is also very important. Europe is practically disarmed. We woke up when Putin attacked Ukraine. The United States must, remain strong. China is sharpening its teeth on Taiwan, Putin has gone mad. Other Nato countries should increase defense spendings.

      • @[email protected]
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        Europe is a nuclear power with second strike capability. „Practically disarmed„ is rather different

        • @[email protected]
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          Most European countries do not have nuclear weapons. And only France and Great Britain have their own. Everyone wants to be as independent as possible. Alliances can fail.

          • @[email protected]
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            France has repeatedly tried to hand over shared control of those nukes to Germany. I’d argue that this alliance is set in stone.

    • Liz
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      101 month ago

      Our military spending is not preventing us from having free college or free healthcare. Both would save us money if we switched to 100% government funded systems. No amount of military spending is preventing us from saving money.

    • OsaErisXero
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      Those can also be useful, the problem is we’re choosing not to do both.