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I'm gonna lay it all right out here:

After all that's been said and done, all the things they've inflicted on America, the American people, and the world, anyone who supports the Bush "Administration" falls into one of these categories:
  1. Stupid
  2. Delusional
  3. Corrupt

Date: 2004-07-27 09:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kynn.livejournal.com
So, how's that "doing it on your own" going for you so far?

Fortunately for you, you seem to have the opportunity to do it "on your own." Not everyone has the benefits you do. (My guess is you're a straight-passable white male, by the way. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.)

--Kynn

PS: By the way, didn't you attend a state university?

Date: 2004-07-27 10:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com
Read my profile =), I am in graduate school. I couldn't get a job with my undergraduate degree because of the stockmarket fallout in 2000-2001, so I went back to school. It's got a really wacky schedule, thus my minimum wage job.

Depending on one's view of me, I may or may-not be straight-passing. Most straights think I am straight, but I do apparently set of some 'radars'. I'm also gender disphoric, but have chosen to remain as my birth gender.

Date: 2004-07-27 11:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kynn.livejournal.com
I did read your profile. It says you went a public university. How exactly is this "doing it on your own"?

--Kynn

Date: 2004-07-27 11:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com
I am using loans, not grants?

Date: 2004-07-27 12:57 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] richardf8
And the principal on those loans would be a whole lot higher if the public university weren't subsidized.

It's OK to get help on the way, dracono, you just have to remember to give some later on; think of it as another kind of loan: a karmic loan.

Date: 2004-07-27 06:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com
When did I say the loans were from the government/university? They're private loans.

Date: 2004-07-27 07:18 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] richardf8
Umm, I wasn't talking about the loans. I was talking about the fact that the institution's tuition would be a lot higher without the public funding that it receives, and therefore your loans would be a lot bigger.

In short, if you are attending a public university, you are benefitting from the public funding of that university regardless of how you choose to pay for it.

Date: 2004-07-27 07:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com
Errr....when did I ever say I was adverse to public spending on education? That's hardly a handout, I had to earn the right to work on this degree, I didn't just get placed here without working for the chance.

Date: 2004-07-27 08:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kynn.livejournal.com
The taxes of people in your state went toward your education. You didn't "earn" it -- you were given it as an opportunity.

Other people's work -- their salaries -- went toward your benefit.

You didn't "earn the right" in any way, shape, or form. Man, you've got some sense of entitlement on you, kiddo!

--Kynn

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