Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The academy's big money politics
Professors, it seems, are a leading special interest, and they give overwhelmingly to Democrats. I'm shocked and flabergasted. But this is an amusing factoid: "Employees of the University of California, which has nine campuses, contributed more to 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's campaign than any other employer, including corporations." Even without a Kerry victory, in 2004 the federal government kicked in more than $8 billion dollars to the University of California's total budget (pdf) of around $18 billion, more than twice the contribution of the State of California.
My question: Why doesn't the media examine the obvious money ties between the industry of academia and appropriations for that industry's benefit with a fraction of the diligence that it publicizes "corporate welfare" of one sort or another?
7 Comments:
By 
, at
Wed Aug 15, 01:05:00 AM:
Not surpising since most of them are liberal left-wing educators and big time socialists
By , at
Wed Aug 15, 05:19:00 AM:
Because their hearts are pure? ;-)
By , at
Wed Aug 15, 08:36:00 AM:
Because they're teachers and they're doing it for the children.
You know, that children our are future, don't you?
-David
By 
Larry Sheldon, at
Wed Aug 15, 11:25:00 AM:
"My question: Why doesn't the media examine the obvious money ties between the industry of academia and appropriations for that industry's benefit with a fraction of the diligence that it publicizes "corporate welfare" of one sort or another?"
Why is there air?
By Purple Avenger, at
Wed Aug 15, 06:46:00 PM:
I got a better chance of seeing Elvis in a 7-11 than ever seeing that question asked.
By Assistant Village Idiot, at
Wed Aug 15, 08:29:00 PM:
By , at
Thu Aug 16, 04:11:00 PM:
How can we dare to question their integrity?
They have PhDs, you know!!!
