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Are you supporting Ralph Nader? Are you sure about that?
Hat tip: InstaPundit. Edited for brevity.Crystal Lewis hadnât the slightest idea what "MOPIRG" was. Each semester, she says, the mysterious phrase was listed on her tuition bill at Meramac Community College in St. Louis, Missouri, and each semester the school billed her six dollars. Then she read the fine print. "If you opt not to support MOPIRG, please deduct this amount from your payment," it said. But her tuition bill gave no explanation of what exactly MOPIRG was. In researching this piece, I got similar reactions from students at colleges across the country. PennPIRG, MASSPIRG, and CALPIRG - students in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Colorado and California had been paying small fees to all of these groups, and almost none of the students knew at first what it was they were paying for. If youâre putting a kid or two through college, or putting yourself through, thereâs a good chance youâre donating to a PIRG, too. And Ralph Nader would like to thank you for your support. Read the rest--especially if youâve got kids in college. Posted by: Dar 2004-02-24 |
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