It was revealed in parliament on Monday that the government spends $210 million on tuition grants (which is already a drop) to foreigners. This presumably excludes the other $36 million spent on scholarships.
By contrast, we have approximately 40,000 conscripts. Taking their average pay of $600, their annual payroll costs adds up to $240 million. Our huge defense budget goes not to soldiers but to useless military hardware.
If the main justification is our economy, why not let our conscripts work instead? Why the contrasting priorities and is this acceptable? Such practices would not be politically accepted elsewhere.
Surely, we have been living in unfairness for too long change is needed.
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