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| 2004-02-24 |
| Hat tip: InstaPundit. Edited for brevity. Crystal Lewis hadn’t 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 you’re putting a kid or two through college, or putting yourself through, there’s a good chance you’re donating to a PIRG, too. And Ralph Nader would like to thank you for your support. Read the rest--especially if you’ve got kids in college. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #8 Nader came to my school back around '81 or so and gave his pitch that we needed to set up (and fund) a local student run branch organization like this. My impression at the time was that it was a way for his national org and possibly him personally to profit from the naivety of students who had youthful desires to do something good for the world. Sad to see that his little ego kingdom goes on. |
| Posted by: Anony-mouse 2004-2-24 5:00:20 PM |
| #7 This is no different then most teacher's union who, at least in Washington State require teachers to contribute to the Democratic Party even if they dont want to. You will contribute or you will not teach in this state. Another word for it is extortion. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-2-24 3:34:00 PM |
| #6 Ralph Nader's the Johnny Appleseed of the mindless legal hassle factories. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-24 1:45:02 PM |
| #5 Some years (maybe twenty) back Forbes did a journalistic investigation into Nader's various organizations and ended up in a major legal battle in the process. The impression I got from the article was that it had been going on long before the investigation started. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-24 1:25:02 PM |
| #4 '88, Raj? I was paying that at UMass back in the mid '70's. It was for...the children. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-24 12:59:04 PM |
| #3 I'll bet Jesse Jackson is beating another wife over not thinking of this scam. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-2-24 12:15:50 PM |
| #2 This is not a news flash, this charge has been on tuition bills in MA since 1988. It's one of the oldest tricks in the book. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-2-24 12:14:47 PM |
| #1 Wow, what a hypocrite! Bad Nader - no humus for you! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-2-24 11:57:11 AM |