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  • Want student loan forgiveness? Make universities pay

    03/29/2024 6:08:53 AM PDT · by Blood of Tyrants · 21 replies
    The Spectator ^ | 03/17/24 | Marc Oestreich
    (Read three articles free every month if you register) At the turn of the twentieth century, Saturday Evening Post editor and Yale dropout George Lorimer bitingly summed up academia when he said “colleges don’t make fools, they only develop them.” On the heels of yet another multibillion-dollar Biden administration college bailout, it seems we haven’t learned the lesson: colleges might not make fools, but they’re certainly trying to make fools of us. The bailout projects come from a Biden campaign promise: “I will eliminate your student debt.” Half-slogan, half-bribe, this resonated with millions burdened by the unpayable debt brought on...
  • Boston city workers cash in millions on buybacks

    02/11/2010 10:26:19 AM PST · by EBH · 16 replies · 624+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | February 11, 2010 | Joe Dwinell
    A cash-starved Boston dished out a staggering $17 million last year to more than 3,600 city workers for their unused sick and vacation days in a pricey perk that stands in sharp contrast to impending layoffs and threatened cutbacks in crucial services. Three retiring municipal employees raked in more than $100,000 each for their unused time off, a Herald payroll analysis shows, while another 300 staffers pocketed tens of thousands in buybacks on top of their salaries.