Posted on 03/29/2019 10:46:18 AM PDT by teppe
More young people than ever before now say they prefer socialism over capitalism. But students at Florida International University weren't so open to socialism if it were to apply to their GPA.
Whether it’s free healthcare, free college tuition, or universal basic income, students around America increasingly support higher taxes on the wealthy in order to pay for these progressive policies. But would they support similar policies if they had skin in the game? “I guess it would be kind of hypocritical for me to say no.” Tweet This
To find out, Campus Reform's Cabot Phillips went to Florida International University in Miami to test the waters on a “Socialist GPA” policy in which students with higher GPAs would be forced to “spread the wealth” and give some of their GPA points to students with lower GPAs.
Despite the overwhelming number of students who initially said they’d support socialist policies, few agreed to go along with such a plan.
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“I’m all for helping, but I wouldn’t give some of my points… I’ve lost a lot of sleep so I don’t know if that would be fair,” one student said, while another answered no because “I like, study all day for my grades.”
Yet another student, after expressing her support for socialism in America conceded, “I guess it would be kind of hypocritical for me to say no.”
Another student, trying to justify his refusal to abide by such a policy, said, “you study for your grades, and they reflect how much time you’re studying.” What did the rest of the students have to say when asked why it was any different when it came to spreading the financial wealth?
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A third of the world’s population lives on less than $2 per day.
Should America adopt our fair share of the world’s poor and cut our standard of living to about a fourth of what it currently is, including for those living on welfare and other government programs?
Median annual household income in America is over $56,000. But if you make over $32,400, you are in the top 1% worldwide. Are you obligated to allow the government to take 95+% to redistribute to the poor of the world?
If they really care for the poor, nothing is stopping them from giving as much of their own money as they wish.
Socialists are people who want to take other people’s money to either enrich themselves or make them feel virtuous for giving other people’s money to the poor.
Who in the Bible made this remark complaining about perfume being wasted when it was poured on Jesus?
John 12:5
Why was this fragrant oil not sold... and given to the poor?
Clue: v. 6
This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.
They don’t need to give up some of their GPA points; just install a system where there are no GPA’s, every class is pass or fail and there are no class standings because everyone is equal.
Not even the most virulently socialist university would inflict this on their students. But it would be nice to see it put to a vote at the Ivy League schools.
Sure, but that possibility is rapidly sinking in the sea of probabilities.
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