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That is the wrong way to look at this on several levels, but certainly one is that the OP said this was a UC, and therefore tax dollars go into the school. It is indeed money from everyone that pays taxes, which I imagine means his family and yours. And both of you directly if you have had summer jobs.</p>
<p>Also just to say, if you choose to ignore cheating then you are basically not only screwing yourself but every other legit student. I mean we could get into discussions about how meaningless it all becomes if everyone cheats (and you are basically saying that would be OK with you since you apparently feel no obligation to be part of regulating it), but even on a more direct basis it does hurt you, despite your not seeing it. You are essentially letting people walk all over you, it just doesn’t seem very direct. But it is.</p>