As I understand from these posts, you consider the skills a any item with a markup: it can be bought or sold, and the more there is on market, the cheper they are.
Yes
I don't get the point with new players who could skill faster.
We need new players, and does it really hurt if a newbe skills a little faster than we did?
It does
No, I think that most people don't really care about the financial value of their skills, however, they know that more skills mean more efficiency, better eco etc.
People do care about the value
On a personal angle, I need to skill Medical, and I know that if we have a x2 or x3 bonus, I will burn tons of Vivo and Hedocs. (If you are "trader", buy FAPs before the skill bonus... )