Why don't wealthy students protest tuition hikes?

Campanilee
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:55:40 +0000

State is broke, is raising tuition for all students - plus the extra $20K per year for out of state students, yet they are going to cut the out of state burden AND give grants to the illegal immigrants ?
Wow … This state is going to the dogs.
DREAM Act is just an insult to all the out of state and international students. UC claims that because it is subsidized by the state, those that do not contribute to the state tax/budget - should pay up, which I agree with. In that case, gimme back all the sales tax and income tax that I have paid to California, since you are requiring that I cough up with almost no benefits, while dedicating that money towards funding education for those who did not contribute to the state budget in form of income tax.
Self contradiction of the state residency and DREAM Act is just absurd.
One other thing. Think back to all the DREAM act demonstration/protests on campus - all of them had the Mexican flags on the frontline of those protest/demonstrations. What does that tell you about DREAM Act ? I don’t mean to be racist, nor am I a racist, but don’t you feel that the act was advocated by, and is a tool for only a certain group of people to have cheaper bill for their post secondary education?