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Title: Educating the Enemy
Post by: Sassy on June 04, 2008, 08:33:04 PM
Anyone paying college tuition for yourself or kids?  Maybe we can cash in on some of this $8 billion...
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Educating the Enemy

Tuesday, 03 June 2008 | Patrick Wood

Do we have a responsibility to shell out some $8 billion per year in taxpayer money to educate over 60,000 communist Chinese students in American universities? That is, the very students who return to China to take jobs, factories and even entire industries away from...
Title: Re: Educating the Enemy
Post by: glenn kangiser on June 04, 2008, 09:37:50 PM
I didn't read the article but since it is many American corporations taking our jobs over there it seems we are educating their employees here then also.
Title: Re: Educating the Enemy
Post by: peternap on June 04, 2008, 09:41:53 PM
When I was with the State, we hired a lot of the Shaw's army when he was booted out of Iran. The state treated them like royalty. They were here attending VMI at taxpayer expense and couldn't go back. Nice of us to give them jobs too.
Title: Re: Educating the Enemy
Post by: glenn kangiser on June 04, 2008, 09:47:30 PM
It is my understanding that after the first gulf war we brought a ton of Iraqis over here too.  Our politicians always have an angle to work.