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Masters in the US are essentially diploma mills for OPT work authorizations

That just means they needed the degree to get an opportunity to work in the US. This is really a tax.

This is also very unfair towards the Dutch and German taxpayer. These countries ended up donating their money and educator time to the US.

If your constitution includes provisions for free education, it might also be super hard to fix. (E.g. Poland.)

Their parents paid taxes like everyone else. If anything I would say it is unfair, that they are forced to move to the US, because the imbeciles in power mismanaged the economy so much that there are few adequate jobs for them, and the local Germany/Dutch economy is not competitive on the world stage.

No but at least they have good bread.

Let me guess, it wasn't Egyptology degree