• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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    Why does Harvard need federal funding anyway, just be the organization you want to be, on your own!

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      Because science is really fucking expensive and the gov’t providing all that funding has been a fucking goldmine for America.

      Ask yourself: what the fuck is really behind this? Because it has fuck all to do with gov’t spending and revenues. Revenues from scientific funding dwarf expenditures.

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      Government research money and other grants aside, if the government stops giving FAFSA money to a college, a massive source of the college’s income stream halts, preventing them from paying employees and keeping the lights on, and preventing a vast majority of students from stepping foot on campus.

      That being said, if the college can convince donors to reorganize endowment money in order to tell Trump to go fuck himself, I support that college 💯

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        And scholarship programs.

        Cutting federal funding will make it harder for anyone but the wealthy to access higher education.

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          My kids already couldn’t afford it. The costs are astronomical for a decent college. That was true before Trump was reelected. My kids are 20, 17 and 15 so this is relevant for me. Fixing college costs shouldn’t mean writing blank checks either.