I think , respectfully, you need to get a grip. Let's take this by point.
1. Most employees have perks; having another body sit in a class is probably one of the cheapest ones that is available to give.
2. No one, almost no one pays full price to go to college. I agree, it is a skewed system, but it is what's the norm now. Scholarships are not given solely on merit, brains, or poverty.
3. If your university president is making 200,000, consider that you got a bargain. That person is completely and totally responsible for everything that goes on at that school; from the people who make toast in the morning to the professors who teach your kids to making sure a new crop of kids want to go there every year. 200,000 bucks is nothing for that non stop responsibility.
4. How exactly did you decide how many kids anyone can afford, how much beer they drink, and even more interesting, how do you know what the average Ford worker has in his living room or wallet?
I liken all this argument to those who think ministers should make 20,000 bucks when they are really the CEO"s of a corporation and in addition, they are charged with being inspirational, creative, tireless, and entertaining.
I suspect if you really found out how many employees' kids were going to school free, you'd be shocked. It's probably almost none.
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Originally Posted by pennywise
Free tuition for employees at Universities is stealing from those who pay. Period. As I say, the ten commandments say: Thou shalt not steal. Renaming it does not change stealing. When you take money from one to pay for something for another you have stolen. Raising tuition and having one pay full price and giving scholarships to others is stealing. You did not ask the other if they wanted to pay for your child nor should you expect it. I resent paying full price for others to steal from me. And this game will end soon, just as it did for the factory worker. We got tired of paying for Ford employees to all have computers in their homes, cream of the crop health insurance, paid attorneys, etc. See what happened to them. People you need to wake up! Understand how these things work. They take money from one to pay for another. My hard work and values of paying for what you get does not enable you to get into my wallet as you wish. I give up vacations, I have no cable TV, I make sacrifices. And if you can't afford it I suggest you look: did you buy beer, do you smoke, do you have cable, cell phones, etc. Most getting financial aid have more children than they can afford and do not practice frugal living. It is not fair for me to pay for you. I am currently fighting a University here for this practice. Put the books (financial) out there and let me see what is going on. The President of Oakland University has a free car and a free house with a salary of $200,000 a year. Hmmmmmm, wonder why he can't afford his house or car, we pay for ours on lesser salaries. Pass the word. Thank you.
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