Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 15, 2012
August 14, 2012
August 16, 2012
Transcript:
B.D.: It'll never happen, Harris! If Walden stands for anything, it's losing money! Zonker: Don't be so sure, B.D. Converting failing colleges into for-profits is a route to riches these days... with all the federal aid, they're money machines! Zipper: I must away - to warn the others! Zonker: Yes, go, nephew! Go like the wind! Zipper: Who first? Freshmen? The most vulnerable?
Federal funds are composed of money that people worked to earn. I wonder how much of my income tax goes to idiots who want to major in “Women’s Studies” or “Film Studies”. What gives the government any right to the money I earn?