My tax dollars at work

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I don't give a ****. That 30k could go towards a scholarship fund. And you are a douche of a person to accept money to speak at a graduation anyway, whoever the **** you are.

Well that's a good argument to make on its own merits.

"My tax dollars at work" is not.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Well that's a good argument to make on its own merits.

"My tax dollars at work" is not.

Yeah but it is. You think schools can't hit up donors, of course they can. Where that money gets spent is easy. You simply say no to getting held up by an overrated writer or some other clown who needs pay to play.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Yeah but it is. You think schools can't hit up donors, of course they can. Where that money gets spent is easy. You simply say no to getting held up by an overrated writer or some other clown who needs pay to play.

Agreed.

So basically what I said last time. It has nothing to do with your tax dollars...which was my point to begin with. Nobody spent "[your] tax dollars on this," so the merits of her getting paid to speak are what's on debate, not your tax dollars.

Glad you agree.

[Cannon Shell]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...09m_fares.html

RU has a $500+ million dollar endowment, 30 k is a drop in the bucket.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...09m_fares.html

RU has a $500+ million dollar endowment, 30 k is a drop in the bucket.

as usual you miss the point.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

as usual you miss the point.

What point is that genius?

You complaining about everything just to complain?

I wasn't aware that one had to have a point to post fairly pertinent information but I suppose my point could be that RU has a large endowment and some poor student isn't going to go without because they paid a commencement speaker.

Of course the fact that it had already been pointed out that the money WAS NOT coming from your "tax dollars" seemed to have been missed by you.

Plus I should have realized that you wouldn't be familiar with large endowments...