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private schools shouldn't be getting public money. shocking people disagree. yes they do research that benefits the public. so does Meta and Google, who don't g
by amazingamazing 1y ago
private schools shouldn't be getting public money. shocking people disagree. yes they do research that benefits the public. so does Meta and Google, who don't get public money. public money should go to public schools.
especially considering that the PIs who do the work in the private school scenario effectively boost the private school's clout with public money, but these private schools do not increase accessibility by opening up admission further.
that said, trump is also doing this for the wrong reasons, sadly.
- micromacrofoot 1y agoMeta and Google absolutely do get public money, for another commonly known example, every single one of Elon Musk's companies have gotten significant funding paid for through our taxes — government contracts, subsidies, grants, you name it
- amazingamazing 1y agothose also shouldn't - at least without the government getting an equity stake.
- micromacrofoot 1y agodon't really disagree, but also this is a "get money out of politics" level change — next to impossible because there are piles of money to be made by the people in charge
- djtriptych 1y agoMeta and Google definitely get a ton of public money.
- amazingamazing 1y agothey shouldn't.
- e40 1y ago> private schools shouldn't be getting public money. shocking people disagree. yes they do research that benefits the public. so does Meta and Google, who don't get public money. public money should go to public schools. Those two are not the same. Research funded by Meta/Google doesn't benefit the public in the same way as research in Ivies (and non-Ivies).
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- s1artibartfast 1y agoThis is the government paying for a service. Should a private cement company get public money for delivering cement?
- amazingamazing 1y ago> This is the government paying for a service. a service public schools can do.
- s1artibartfast 1y agonot as well. Grants are a competitive process. When building a highway, the government should put out notice and buy the best offering. Im not sure why you would want government buying sub-par research just because it comes from a public school
- amazingamazing 1y agoit would solve themselves. all of the good PIs at the good private schools would go to the good public schools. there's no actual inherent reason why private schools are bad like you're implying.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoI'm skeptical of the idea that money and fix any problem, and that there are no inherent differences. Setting that aside, why do you think it is even desirable to limit funding to public institutions in the first place? Seems like you're starting from this position and moving backwards. If Public schools are superior, why haven't they already out competed private institutions? They have a pretty huge advantage from additional tax revenue.
- amazingamazing 1y agoprivate schools were first that's pretty much it.
- op00to 1y agoWhat about private research institutes which do no education of undergraduates? What do you base your pronouncement on?