I was walking across campus a couple weeks ago and I happened upon this little gem of liberalism… Let me give you a little context. I didn’t hear the entire thing because I was walking past, but I did hear this girl complain about something she was going to have to do (Your guess is as good as mine. Get a job or file for a loan, maybe.) “because the government won’t give me more money for tuition.” That is exactly what she said. Make sure you read that in your whining ditzy girl voice, too. I promptly turned around and hit her on top of the head with my umbrella in an effort to knock some sense into her. Okay, so I didn’t have an umbrella. And that’s probably a good thing. But I was seething.
Here are some facts about me: I have received no government sponsored financial aid for tuition or books. I have received $3900 in scholarships over my 3 year college career. I will have spent around $15,000 after I pay for this coming semester. That’s not a complaint. This is what I want to do and it has to be paid for. That’s what gets me, though. Higher education is a privilege. None of us deserve it. And since we don’t deserve it, we pay for it. If it were a God-given right it would be free. (e.g. life and liberty) This is the reason property is not considered an inalienable right. The pursuit of property is what we have the right to, not property itself with no pursuit. And this is the problem with the college system today. We have thousands of people convinced that the entirety of education is their inalienable right. Wrong. The pursuit of education should be available to everyone. This means all who work to get an education (including paying for it) deserve one. Those who don’t work for it don’t get it.
I am perfectly aware that this could be me. I could get to a point where I don’t have the resources to continue in my education. When or if that day comes, I will accept that I don’t need or deserve the education unless I can and will pay for it. I don’t have a problem with people delaying the payments until they are out of school granted they actually pay for their education at some point in time. That could be me, too.
One of the many problems with the education entitlement mindset is that it ignores the fact that the government doesn’t have money. Yes, it has revenues (as well as trillions in debt), but those revenues aren’t the same as business revenues. We’re not talking about a company that makes a great product, sells it for a competitive price, and then enjoys the big bucks. We’re talking about mandatory percentages that income earners pay, a percentage on everything we buy, gas taxes, tampon taxes, sin taxes. When you say, “The government won’t give me more money,” you are in essence saying, “The government won’t further drain the taxpayers so that I can have what I want for free.” You feel big and bad when you bash the government because this is 2011 and we’re so over everything. You’re not big and bad. It’s clueless, ignorant. The government has to get its money from somewhere. And please, please don’t suggest they just print more. That’s a problem for another day.
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23 NovI was walking across campus a couple weeks ago and I happened upon this little gem of liberalism… Let me give you a little context. I didn’t hear the entire thing because I was walking past, but I did hear this girl complain about something she was going to have to do (Your guess is as good as mine. Get a job or file for a loan, maybe.) “because the government won’t give me more money for tuition.” That is exactly what she said. Make sure you read that in your whining ditzy girl voice, too.
I promptly turned around and hit her on top of the head with my umbrella in an effort to knock some sense into her.Okay, so I didn’t have an umbrella. And that’s probably a good thing. But I was seething.Here are some facts about me: I have received no government sponsored financial aid for tuition or books. I have received $3900 in scholarships over my 3 year college career. I will have spent around $15,000 after I pay for this coming semester. That’s not a complaint. This is what I want to do and it has to be paid for. That’s what gets me, though. Higher education is a privilege. None of us deserve it. And since we don’t deserve it, we pay for it. If it were a God-given right it would be free. (e.g. life and liberty) This is the reason property is not considered an inalienable right. The pursuit of property is what we have the right to, not property itself with no pursuit. And this is the problem with the college system today. We have thousands of people convinced that the entirety of education is their inalienable right. Wrong. The pursuit of education should be available to everyone. This means all who work to get an education (including paying for it) deserve one. Those who don’t work for it don’t get it.
I am perfectly aware that this could be me. I could get to a point where I don’t have the resources to continue in my education. When or if that day comes, I will accept that I don’t need or deserve the education unless I can and will pay for it. I don’t have a problem with people delaying the payments until they are out of school granted they actually pay for their education at some point in time. That could be me, too.
One of the many problems with the education entitlement mindset is that it ignores the fact that the government doesn’t have money. Yes, it has revenues (as well as trillions in debt), but those revenues aren’t the same as business revenues. We’re not talking about a company that makes a great product, sells it for a competitive price, and then enjoys the big bucks. We’re talking about mandatory percentages that income earners pay, a percentage on everything we buy, gas taxes, tampon taxes, sin taxes. When you say, “The government won’t give me more money,” you are in essence saying, “The government won’t further drain the taxpayers so that I can have what I want for free.” You feel big and bad when you bash the government because this is 2011 and we’re so over everything. You’re not big and bad. It’s clueless, ignorant. The government has to get its money from somewhere. And please, please don’t suggest they just print more. That’s a problem for another day.
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