Sick of hearing white trash bitch.

[aurelius]

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I thought everyone was equal in this country ?

come on...

 

[aurelius]

communist liberals do not do this.. they just call you names and try to point out what a rat you are instead of arguing the facts.

Brilliant irony in this post. You are very clever with words. Almost Shakesperian...

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

I'm not saying that at all. It sucks to be pushed out by someone who isn't as qualified as you, there's no doubt about that. But, you have to understand that these private schools survive on private monies, and they can't be blamed for doing what they can to stay in business. These legacies actually pay tuition, and they usually continue to give to the school after graduation.As a private organization, they should be allowed to make this choice.

Conversely, public schools don't get any benefit from being forced to admit underqualified candidates (except more diversity), yet they are forced to do so by law. These candidates usually don't pay tuition, and usually still bitch about the conditions once they have been allowed admission. In this situation, I would be more angry for being passed over.

They're both shitty, it's just that one I can understand, the other I cannot.

I guess you weren't turned down by an Ivy League school then. Did you know that Harvard has $20billion in endowment? they could go tuition free, alumni contributions could dwindle to zero, and they would still make money. So are they making decisions to stay in business, or to remain an elitist institution?

I agree, though, they are private, and can do whatever they damn well please. I just think you should have as many facts as you can before you reach your opinion. No elite schools are "struggling"

Public schools get a very large benefit: state and federal dollars. State schools are taxpayer funded. As long as state schools get that money, they have to play by the governent guidelines (the Citadel, for example).

Personally, I'd be more pissed off if I got passed over for an Ivy League school. All that work in HS to finish near the top, so I can go to a second tier school like Duke? (excellent school but not Ivy) Fuck that!!

Bullshit is bullshit.

 

[Prometheus]

wake the fuck up and realize that the government is stealing 30% or more of your money and giving it to other people:

You're working until May every year forother people. Awesome isn;t it?

it's a shitload more than that - combine the fed income, state income, municipal income, corporate, property, sales, estate, and inheritance taxes - the effective rate goes way past 30% (and after all that we STILL pay for highway tolls, car registration, stamps, health care, etc. )

you're right about working until May - here's an interesting description of "tax freedom day":

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday.html

 

[dballer]

Brilliant irony in this post. You are very clever with words. Almost Shakesperian...

does this mean you want to touch my tooter?

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

it's a shitload more than that - combine the fed income, state income, municipal income, corporate, property, sales, estate, and inheritance taxes - the effective rate goes way past 30% (and after all that we STILL pay for highway tolls, car registration, stamps, health care, etc. )

you're right about working until May - here's an interesting description of "tax freedom day":

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday.html

I hear you bro.....nice to see someone else who know about tax freedom day.

I just say 30% because Americans at almost every income level are paying at LEAST 30% when you consider federal and state income atx, sales taxes, propoerty taxes, taxes on gasoline (over 60 cents/gal in NY) etc.

Wake up!!!

 

[bigguns7]

Did you know that Harvard has $20billion in endowment?

Bullshit is bullshit.

Ok, so they have a $20 billion in endowment, what's the best way to keep it that way? Let the kids of your filthy rich alumni into school.

Bullshit IS bullshit. That's something we agree on. But we'll never agree that AA and legacies are the same animal.

 

[sereneman]

The majority of people on government assistance ARE WHITE.

Simply because the last time I checked 76% of Americans are white. Per capita, there are more minorities on welfare. I'm just stating a fact, I have no feelings on this.

 

[sereneman]

Actually, there are more people on welfare from low socioeconomic backgrounds (no matter the color).

There are more minorities in prison because police go after people who looks like criminals and people who are poor. If you were a new police officer and your partner said that blacks commit more crimes so you will patrol black neighborhoods more, what would you say? You would say, of course that is true.
So you would have more black arrests. You could probably arrest just as many whites doing just as many things wrong, but you just assume there are more fish in that pond and constantly fish that pond while ignoring the other pond that has just as many fish. I am not saying there are not criminals in any neighborhood, it is that higher class (and middle class) neighborhoods have people with more money and better lawyers (and more connections). Do you get the drift?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't most people who are in prison for Murder, black. Per Capita anyway. I don't think the police are going to overlook that crime.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't most people who are in prison for Murder, black. Per Capita anyway. I don't think the police are going to overlook that crime.

what is your point, exactly? Who conclusion can we draw from that wisdom?

Spell it out because there are 10000 things you might be saying byut you werent articualte enough to get them across.