President Joe Biden

I'm not here to debate anyone. However, since you asked, I think it's funny when someone makes a blanket statement and presents it like it's a fact. That's a product of the pols and media constantly doing it. "The research funding is worth it though." In my opinion, very little of it is, and even a smaller percentage is worthy of my tax dollars. These institutions are part of a mutli-billion dollar industry. Fund your own research. As for your questions about my education, it matters not. Why would you believe me or even want to know? And again, that's just my opinion and I'm not here to argue or debate it. Just here for a few laughs. So, have a great day...... I am.

Ok, so I was right :) And I appreciate you responding. While I disagree with your opinion, I can respect it.

The reason I asked about whether or not you went to a University has everything to do with exposure to the research I'm talking about.

The Internet was formed in collaboration of DARPA and many universities. Our ability to even be having this conversation or for you to post a laughing emoji is all due to federal monies. While the Internet was a massive economic engine starting in the late 90s, that certainly wasn't the drive or motivation back in the 70s. There are countless discoveries that have come out of universities that you and I benefit from. But I get it, you have your frame of reference, and that's fine.
 
There is an endowment tax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endowment_tax

I don't think these large endowments are super ubiquitous considering how many colleges/unis there are out there:


But I agree, those should be chipped away a bit -- an indirect way of taxing the 1% I suppose.
Enacting that endowment tax was one of the patches to cover up the revenue lost due to the big tax cuts for the wealthy enacted at that time.
 
Ok, so I was right :) And I appreciate you responding. While I disagree with your opinion, I can respect it.

The reason I asked about whether or not you went to a University has everything to do with exposure to the research I'm talking about.

The Internet was formed in collaboration of DARPA and many universities. Our ability to even be having this conversation or for you to post a laughing emoji is all due to federal monies. While the Internet was a massive economic engine starting in the late 90s, that certainly wasn't the drive or motivation back in the 70s. There are countless discoveries that have come out of universities that you and I benefit from. But I get it, you have your frame of reference, and that's fine.
I did.
 
When Trump took over the party, I left the party and registered Independent...
In fairness, I doubt that you have read everything I've posted over the years. Is anything I've posted a lie regarding Joe Biden?
In fairness, under Trump we did not have the Afghan exit disaster; the border was under control, gas & food were 1/2 of what they are now, baby formula was not in short supply, etc.
Trump did indeed lie but mostly about things like the number of folks who attended his inauguration...BFD
I didn't vote for Trump & I didn't vote for Biden...Trump is a liar, Biden is a liar and incompetent..
Trump is no longer President and if he was and he was as miserably as incompetent as Joe is, he'd get called out too.
Poor Joe, even the liberal press is seemingly beginning to question his competence...

I didn't realize you had left the republican party. I know you were a long time and proud member... so you couldn't have taken that lightly.

And yes, I agree Trump and Biden have been terrible leaders. On the left you got the liberals running around braying about how the 'noble criminal' is actually the victim. And on the right... well would it even be possible for a Republican to win on the national stage who isn't willing to lie about how Trump won the election. What a mess things have become.
 
There is an endowment tax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endowment_tax

I don't think these large endowments are super ubiquitous considering how many colleges/unis there are out there:


But I agree, those should be chipped away a bit -- an indirect way of taxing the 1% I suppose.

Or rather than trusting the government to fix it... we could loosen the bankruptcy laws.

My bet is if colleges are forced to show the degrees they are selling are worth what's being charged- they will suddenly start figuring out how to bring those costs down themselves.
 
It's gross incompetence driven by strict adherence to a misguided narrative founded in emotion and not substance and an administration chosen based on identity and not qualifications. Harris, Buttigieg, Blinken, Mayorkas, Becerra, Granholm, Austin, Blinken. Really? The seven dwarfs could out perform this group. If you look at their responses to difficult problems their #1 response is to laugh, their #2 response is to say they are doing everything they can and have been working on it for months without saying what they are doing and their #3 response, when all else fails, they gaslight.

Not all the problems we're having were caused by the Biden administration, but their policies are either excerbating the problem or they do nothing to address them. For some reason, they act like if they ignore a problem it will go away. In many ways the media is complicit...if they don't report it the problem doesn't exist. Some of their policies might be OK in certain times, but not in the current times of runaway inflation. Telling people to deal with high gas prices by buying an electric car may be fine in 2040, but its not feasible in 2022.

I don't think Joe is inherently financially corrupt, Hunter clearly is and has exploited his dad's position to further his schemes. Joe knows what's going on, but he is using the Seargant Schultz strategy.

You combine this with someone who is clearly in cognitive decline and you get where we are today.

If the Republicans don't do anything stupid (not holding my breath) between now and November it might be a red tsunami.

Yes I agree... it's become hard to know where to get your news anymore. I def think the tech giants have become comfortable with the censorship software they use over in China. Now it's to the point that if you are unwilling to pay for your news, then you're getting news that's been filtered.

I think Hunter should be held accountable, but to me singling out Hunter Biden as especially corrupt is like "handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500" (to quote that old movie Apocalypse Now). Hunter just had the misfortune of also being an idiot and drug addict- so a lot of his shenanigans got recorded on iphone.
 
The research funding is worth it though. Universities do a lot of good work there. Research gets funded that otherwise wouldn't in our current economic model. What's that breakdown of federal funding for U of M?

I think this is a good question. I'd also like to see a breakdown of what sort of research is getting funded?
 
A couple small reasons for optimism:


The “reformers” are on notice.
 
On this we can agree. It would be nice if Technical Colleges we viewed more like traditional colleges by HS counselors.
It's like it's frowned upon.

Yep we need to promote trade schools a lot more. Some very good paying jobs in those fields.

Years ago when I was starting my biz I worked at some high end restaurants at night in order to survive while the biz got up and running.

Almost every single waiter had a bachelors degree. And almost every single one didn't have plans to do anything beyond being a waiter. They all had student debt. I thought to myself why bother going to college when this is what you are going to do.
 
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