And btw, they have a $50 billion dollar endowment that grows at a minimum of $5 billion a year. This bullshit about not being able to research because big bad Donald is taking away their dollars (our dollars) makes me want to scream. I’m sick of these Ivys getting our money, charging ridiculous tuition amounts, and having the gall to say their constitutional rights are being infringed upon. Give me a break!
a big scam of the 20th century was convincing the public their child needed to be in an Ivy League school or they were worthless and would fail at life. It sadly worked and still does. When the name of the school became more important than learning the skills needed to pursue your career and life path, it became a money machine and nothing more. Tell your kids to get a trade or go to a local school. Enough of the "big schools" marketing machine. All they want now is money and to get as many of their graduates to vote a certain way
Are you implying that a guy hanging drywall shouldn’t be paying for the educations of the scions of wealthy families? Or that our overlords might pay for their own “elite” institutions? Surely the republic would fall without the Harvard Kennedy School of Public Administration. Can you imagine the havoc that would befall American commerce and technology if it was left to graduates of (ugh) state universities?
What about the 1 trillion+ annually that goes to the defense budget? Is that not also working person's tax dollars? Try not to be distracted by this trivial shit.
Right. $1,800 hammers and $12,000 toilet seats bought by the Pentagon and paid for with 33% of my annual salary is the only thing keeping us safe from... what now?
Well, that’s exactly why we voted for Trump/Doge. Not arguing they spend efficiently. We all know government doesn’t do that, which is why they shouldn’t be doling out money w/o accountability to schools. In fact, the researchers at NIH under Fauci that coordinated vaccine discoveries with big pharma got to keep royalties. Seems to me if we funded the research, we should get to keep those royalties. Or at least a portion.
Well the Trump administration just earmarked another trillion for the Pentagon, and also is sending billions to Israel. So they are just as bad as any other administration. They aren't special!
“ this is just peanuts” argument against cutting wasteful spending is so bizarre. Suppose you have $100 and someone flushes $10 down the toilet. Meanwhile you are in serious debt and are having trouble feeding your own kids. The interest payments on the debt are crippling. Doesn’t every dollar matter?
It makes no sense to fund these institutions with hard earned tax payer dollars consudering we are $36 trillion in debt.
Plus can you imagine if the protestors were harassing black people? Or perhaps trans or gay people? People would have gone to jail for hate crimes. Discrimination is discrimination.
I find disgusting that a working person's tax dollars are just given to a filthy rich institution. That is a crime.
And btw, they have a $50 billion dollar endowment that grows at a minimum of $5 billion a year. This bullshit about not being able to research because big bad Donald is taking away their dollars (our dollars) makes me want to scream. I’m sick of these Ivys getting our money, charging ridiculous tuition amounts, and having the gall to say their constitutional rights are being infringed upon. Give me a break!
a big scam of the 20th century was convincing the public their child needed to be in an Ivy League school or they were worthless and would fail at life. It sadly worked and still does. When the name of the school became more important than learning the skills needed to pursue your career and life path, it became a money machine and nothing more. Tell your kids to get a trade or go to a local school. Enough of the "big schools" marketing machine. All they want now is money and to get as many of their graduates to vote a certain way
And yet, many members of Trump's cabinet and many of his billionaire donors all graduated from Ivy League schools.
That's OK, China is quite prepared to leap ahead in research.
Are you implying that a guy hanging drywall shouldn’t be paying for the educations of the scions of wealthy families? Or that our overlords might pay for their own “elite” institutions? Surely the republic would fall without the Harvard Kennedy School of Public Administration. Can you imagine the havoc that would befall American commerce and technology if it was left to graduates of (ugh) state universities?
Fucking A I'm implying that.
What about the 1 trillion+ annually that goes to the defense budget? Is that not also working person's tax dollars? Try not to be distracted by this trivial shit.
And much of that is on behalf of Israel, too.
Really? You're comparing welfare for elites to an armed forces that lets me sleep in relative peace every night? We are not the same.
Right. $1,800 hammers and $12,000 toilet seats bought by the Pentagon and paid for with 33% of my annual salary is the only thing keeping us safe from... what now?
Well, that’s exactly why we voted for Trump/Doge. Not arguing they spend efficiently. We all know government doesn’t do that, which is why they shouldn’t be doling out money w/o accountability to schools. In fact, the researchers at NIH under Fauci that coordinated vaccine discoveries with big pharma got to keep royalties. Seems to me if we funded the research, we should get to keep those royalties. Or at least a portion.
Well the Trump administration just earmarked another trillion for the Pentagon, and also is sending billions to Israel. So they are just as bad as any other administration. They aren't special!
Drink the Koolaid much?
“ this is just peanuts” argument against cutting wasteful spending is so bizarre. Suppose you have $100 and someone flushes $10 down the toilet. Meanwhile you are in serious debt and are having trouble feeding your own kids. The interest payments on the debt are crippling. Doesn’t every dollar matter?
It makes no sense to fund these institutions with hard earned tax payer dollars consudering we are $36 trillion in debt.
Plus can you imagine if the protestors were harassing black people? Or perhaps trans or gay people? People would have gone to jail for hate crimes. Discrimination is discrimination.
That’s the best apples to oranges description I’ve heard in my lifetime!
Hyperbolic much?