Cynthetiq

who stated anything about going backward? The genie is out of the bottle it is our responsibility to keep it in check.

I don't see why that's such a hard concept to fathom. I don't want to spend more money than I already do. If there's some need for social services, NGOs and NPOs work just fine. There are tens of them in my neighborhood providing many kinds of services, all without affecting me directly. I get to choose what I want to spend my dollars on.

So if something like this is funded by Universities and corporations, GREAT!. I can chose which ones I want to spend my money with. I can shop for the ones that either have the best presentations, provide the best donation give back (tshirt, mug, name etched on side of building,) or even things that I just happen to be interested in or believe in.

Instead I'm relying on people who lobby my representatives, people who's sole job is to bother my representative from dealing with the more important things regarding the state of affairs of this country.

I don't see it as going backwards. I see it as progressive to the point of the ultimate freedom of choice.

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