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• Debate archive: Governments and universities everywhere should compete to attract qualified students regardless of nationality or residence

Supporting quotes from the Economist Online Debates

• cognate, commenter. Economist Online Debates. December 11, 2007 11:26 - "I'd rather see a debate on why the government should get involved in anything other than defense, police and the courts that enforce contracts. The Ron Paul revolution makes this more than an academic question."

Counter-argument

• Argument: Tax dollars should be spent on foreign students as these dollars come from a global economy
• Argument: The benefits of foreign students outweigh the immediate costs to taxpayers