Way to duck the question.
I did answer your question. Even if I do not like what the money is being spent on,
me answering you the first time said:
Its a free country (in theory), and it is their money.
Yes you did. I quote you: If you have an issue with foreigners getting educated
Next time do not lie about my position.
You had to take my statement my out of context to accuse me of lying about your position.Illegals are foreigners are they not? you have an issue with them being educated, would you have been happier if I chose the word people instead of foreigners. That would work as well (in context)
me in context said:
If you have an issue with foreigners getting educated and "limited space in schools" this is focusing a laser on one spot in the ocean, our schools are LOADED with foreigners
illegals are foreigners, when I refer to the laser focus this is where i was directly referring to
your position the big picture is foreigners as a whole.. the laser focus is raising a stink over just the illegals -this is your position correctly represented from what I have seen here correct: foreigners fine, illegals no f'n way?
If you want to callously and wantonly throw out accusations of me being a liar, so be it, that is your prerogative. it is way off base and playing that card for little apparent reason seems rather juvenile to me.
It doesn't matter how eager an illegal is. They are still illegal. What part of that don't you understand?
What part of "It is private money so its none of my damned business how someone chooses to spend it" do you not get?
I may not like that specifically like it that an illegal
may get scholarship money, but people chose to do things with their money and their lives all the time I do not like, it is a sacrifice that I will accept so that I in turn can do whatever the hell I want with my money. What I find more offensive is intruding because some consider how they choose to spend it is an affront.
Please show us in the law where you can be illegal in this country and the rules don't apply to you. Go ahead.
ohh look a straw man.. do you have any other tricks?
Now perhaps before I leave you and this thread I should clarify my position.
I do not like that the US is getting out competed by the rest of the world due to our faltering education levels.
What especially irks me about this is that our colleges and universities are teaching many foreigners trades and careers that will not be utilized here in the US while we as a nation are complacent and lagging. It is all to frequent to see people coming here from out of country just to avail themselves of out education system and then return home. we are outsourcing a very valuable commodity, knowledge.
I do not blame them, they are taking advantage of the opportunity that is there, while we as a nation are squandering it. we have became lazy and complacent, and as a whole are nowhere near as driven to get educated as others that come here from outside our culture.
However, in the case of a University, they are a private institution, and a business, and they are free to choose whom they do business with - heck otherwise every engineering department and school in the country would be hemorrhaging money due to lack of interested Americans to fill seats.
In the case of a Community college, it is slightly different, I do have issues with perks or incentives to lure foreign students into enrolling if they are simply going to return home with their education, let them attend, but at full out of state tuition cost.
However, if the foreigners are planning on using their education and remaining here in the US, and instead of leeching our resources to return home their intention is to become a US citizen and return the benefits of their education to our nation, I am all for it.. instead of another leak in the boat we have another bailing the boat this way.
So when I see this:
article linked in the OP said:
Students eligible for the new scholarship must have a 3.0 or higher grade point average, demonstrate a financial need and must also be trying to become an American citizen.
I do not have a problem with it, they are making legitimate efforts to do the right thing, and are trying to become a US citizen, it is not like they are washing dishes on a fake SS# here, nor are they going to take the education back to Mexico (or India, or Morocco, or Botswana).
The scholarship is not specifically tailored for illegals, it just does not omit them - even so, the mere fact that they are trying to get educated, and are trying to become US citizens, and are making significant efforts to be a constructive component of our soceity and not a burden is significant.
I am not keen in illegal immigrants, but I will not go into a knee jerk blind rage and take a hypocritical position merely because I see a red flag with "illegal immigrant" on it waved in front of my face.
And to to reiterate my primary position here..
privately funded and being privately funded, they can choose to give a scholarship to the gerbil in your avatar, or the rapist you mentioned.. I do not care, it is their money, and I cannot be against it without being hypocritical to greater fundamental beliefs.
