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On a similar note, I don’t get why people want government support services. People are making plenty of money! Just look at Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.
by Google234 5y ago
On a similar note, I don’t get why people want government support services. People are making plenty of money! Just look at Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.
- skeeter2020 5y agoThis is really disingenous. We're not talking about Puhduka State here; the universities involved are literally the majolrity of the richest schools in the entire country. It's exactly like Gates and Bezos asking for public hand-outs, not denying help to many because there are a few rich people out there.
- hardwaresofton 5y agoPretty sure that commenter was doing a joke/sarcasm [EDIT] - I hope*
- MattGaiser 5y agoBecause there is worthwhile work that will never capture the interest of Gates or Bezos. For example, testing vehicle emissions is never going to be a billionaire interest project. Of great societal interest? Absolutely. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/business/vw-wvu-diesel-volkswagen-west-virginia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/business/vw-wvu-diesel-vo...
- mannerheim 5y agoI'm not sure what your point is with this comment. GP was saying the universities need a patent troll company because they need money. But universities are already making plenty of money.
- Qwertious 5y ago/s? Picking those two are the least representative sample possible.
- unishark 5y agoAnd what set of universities would form the least representative sample possible?
- mannerheim 5y agoAll three of the universities from my comment are participating in the LLC in the article
- unishark 5y agoI'm just trying to aid someone who was tantalizingly close to understanding another poster's joke. But your comment does read to me like a criticism of "universities" as a broad class, not only of certain wealthy schools.
- Qwertious 5y agoTalking about Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos - they're literally some of the richest people on the planet, most people don't have anywhere near that much money. Not sure what you're referring to with the set of universities.
- unishark 5y agoHarvard is the richest university in the country. Yale and Princeton are also in the top few.