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Indeed, most people never earn back the education money invested in them by the government ($10,000/year X 12 years).
This is why low wage immigration is a bad idea.
According to http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa072602a.htm
high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $1.2 million.
Using a discount rate of less than 6% I would say they earn back the money.
But low wage immigrants don’t have their schooling paid for so why is this relevant to desirablity of low wage immigrants.
Life is for non-profits?
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