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I dont have a problem with government grants. The government is sponsoring research. Miami has one of the best spinal cord research programs. If the government wants to give millions in research grants so UM can help develop treatments for wounded veterans, that's an appropriate use of tax...

It reiterated that coaches at public universities can have these exorbitant salaries because taxpayers are subsidizing other parts of the athletic department. Ok let me try to explain this another way. At public universities there are 3 pots of money 1. Donations 2. State budget (from the...

I think you misunderstand the way the subsidies work. This pretty much tells the story: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/no-taxpayer-dollars-for-coaches-at-the-u-of-i-you_b_59ed7593e4b092f9f2419382 "While taxpayer money doesn’t technically go to pay the coaches’ actual salary lines, taxpayer...

Yes but what you don't realize is that taxpayers are still subsidizing those salaries and massive programs. At private schools, the athletic departments are entirely self-funded, whereas taxpayers pay for the athletic departments at public universities. School A is a public university School...

The original purpose of state universities when they were founded was to provide the public with access to a low cost, quality public education. Prior to the establishment of the state university systems, the country had all private universities that were typically attended by wealthy people...

If the fed govt is giving money, it should be able to set whatever legal limits it wants. No different than the fed requiring that universities receiving federal funds allow military recruiters, unless you think tax payer funded universities should be allowed to deny recruiters access to...

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42924176 Taxpayers in Texas are paying the Texsa's AD's $1.1 million salary. Taxpayers in Kentucky are paying the UL AD's 1.4 million salary.

Define irony: someone complaining that capping salaries at taxpayer funded public institutions controlled by a group that distributes profits evenly regardless of contribution is socialism.