Jarrod Whaley wrote:

> Don't taxes pay us?

Partly.  (Also the tuition that our students pay.)  To the extent that
we are supported by taxes, we are *always* going to have a problem
getting funding because the taxpayers are tired of always having to pay
more, more, more....

> And not enough?

In some cases.  Too much, in others.  Probably about right in most.
It's hard to tell since higher education is not exactly a free market
where the "right" amount would be whatever the students were willing to
pay for our services.  Maybe it's time for a paradigm shift?

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"Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want
is also big enough to take away everything you have." -- Senator Barry
Goldwater