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Headline: "Professor Marc Edwards Spent $147,000..." fine print: "...a net deficit of $147,174, which Edwards covered with his own discretionary research and pe
by MaggieL 11y ago
Headline: "Professor Marc Edwards Spent $147,000..."
fine print: "...a net deficit of $147,174, which Edwards covered with his own discretionary research and personal funds..."
So...how much research money was within his discretionary budget? It's a bit of a stretch to call that "his own funds".
- blackguardx 11y agoHe is essentially using his own money to do what the local and state governments should have done. His discretionary funds could have been used to buy equipment for his lab in order to help him get research grants. Instead, they were spent to do water testing in a different city and in a different state. He isn't going to receive any research grants or meaningful scientific publications out of this, which is essentially the job of a university professor. That's why it is portrayed as such a sacrifice.