[PGR88]

And this is what happens when government controls education via tied grants, research awards, and particularly financial aid and student loans.

He who pays the piper WILL call the tune.

The same political influence will be found in every other instance where government writes the rules of the game and provides the funding - health care, policing, you name it.

[mrsmel]

It's a shame that the fedzella can take our own money, and give it to their chosen winners, and deny it to those who don't toe their line. It's our damn money, for pity's sake!