tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post6511310690996621020..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Fight The PowerLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-21116440780363933162014-03-07T00:11:07.537-05:002014-03-07T00:11:07.537-05:00More importantly, no college student expects to fu...<i>More importantly, no college student expects to fully pay for their cost of living from the wages of a part-time hourly job requiring minimal skills and job experience.</i><br /><br />The purpose of the Land Grant University was so that they could -- and for the first century, students routinely <b>did</b>. Jack Welch, the son of a railroad conductor, did just that (he refereed intramural sports) and then went on to run GE.<br /><br />You want to talk "entitlement" -- OK, what exactly do you call demanding that kids go way into debt to pay for the $200K salaries at UMass?Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-43765073631999092992014-03-06T22:46:16.386-05:002014-03-06T22:46:16.386-05:00It is liberal insanity like this that created the ...It is liberal insanity like this that created the Tea Party, well that and Karl Rove.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-69875506795713777312014-03-06T13:54:51.437-05:002014-03-06T13:54:51.437-05:00UMass SLAP said, "the cost of living in Amher...UMass SLAP said, "the cost of living in Amherst, where rents for a room frequently exceed $800/month."<br /><br />Factually-inaccurate hyperbole is not helping their cause. The typical college student in Amherst who pays rent off-campus is paying more like $450/month.<br /><br />More importantly, no college student expects to fully pay for their cost of living from the wages of a part-time hourly job requiring minimal skills and job experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-47334013573598306622014-03-06T13:30:54.324-05:002014-03-06T13:30:54.324-05:00This kids an idiot. Raising minimum wage does not ...This kids an idiot. Raising minimum wage does not take anyone out of poverty. It was an assumption it was shown to be absolutely incorrect in the real world. Wait till he hits real life. <br /><br />http://www.people.vcu.edu/~lrazzolini/GR2010.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-61894270712710205002014-03-06T13:22:18.281-05:002014-03-06T13:22:18.281-05:00The graduate students get better perks than I do a...<i>The graduate students get better perks than I do at my job</i><br /><br /><b>NOT ALL OF THEM!!!!</b><br /><br />I didn't -- over half of the graduate students don't, and this is eventually going to give them problems with the accreditators.Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-7859053010858704722014-03-06T13:17:49.313-05:002014-03-06T13:17:49.313-05:00Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
I am the person who taped ...<br /><br /><b>Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!</b><br /><br />I am the person who taped the salary list to the front of the student union and then proceeded to print updated versions of it in the <i>Minuteman</i> newspaper.<br /><br />A decade ago, it was less than 100 people over $100K -- and that was shocking. This is obscene!<br /><br />The Median Average <b><i>Household</i></b> Income for Massachusetts is only $65,339, something like $51K for the Metro-Springfield area (which includes Amherst) -- and in many cases this is the income of <b>two</b> working adults.<br /><br />And UMass Amherst is supposed to be "affordable" to children of moderate means?!?<br /><br />This is part of why I say that UMass is not sustainable --- a model with salaries on this level is unaffordable.Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-2097203540468592014-03-06T12:47:37.184-05:002014-03-06T12:47:37.184-05:00The Student Labor Action Project is a waste of tax...The Student Labor Action Project is a waste of taxpayer, and when I was a student there, my student fee money. They are an extremely biased, close-minded institute hell-bent on calling anyone who opposes them fascist/xenophobic/racially tinged/sexist or a dozen other adjectives to defend their half-baked opinions. <br /><br />It will have no effect. The graduate students get better perks than I do at my job, and I have great perks while being far more productive. They shouldn't be paid the same as me either. The Juggernautnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-60675972400495953222014-03-06T12:46:25.188-05:002014-03-06T12:46:25.188-05:00More beer being consumed does mean more jobs for t...More beer being consumed does mean more jobs for the guys who drive the beer trucks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-81878385458052732482014-03-06T12:42:46.906-05:002014-03-06T12:42:46.906-05:00Adam -- it's the so-called "multiplier ef...Adam -- it's the so-called "multiplier effect" and the theory is that if I have an extra $50/$100 in my wallet at the end of the week, I'll spend it on something I otherwise wouldn't have.<br /><br />Instead of going out in the cold and changing my oil myself, I'll pay someone else to do it and instead take the special woman to a restaurant. Now while neither the garage nor restaurant have totally fixed costs, the incremental costs of additional capacity are small relative to the far greater gross income from increased business, and hence more profits.<br /><br />For example, it costs a restaurant quite a bit of money to open the door for business, even if no one shows up. The incremental cost of one extra diner is insignificant compared to this, even if they have to hire an extra waitress and a few more kids for the kitchen that night.<br /><br />So this leads to the "broken window" theory of economic development -- have the cops go out and smash windows at random as the windows will have to be replaced which will create work for both those in the glazing trades and those who sell them their supplies -- and these folks will be buying new trucks, new clothes for their kids and whatnot, thus enabling all the folks who sell trucks and clothes to likewise spend more.<br /><br />The problem is in paying for the broken windows -- even if they are covered by insurance, premiums will rise (as they did after 9-11 & Katrina). But let's say that the people whose windows were broken had to pay for them to be fixed -- that's money that they then won't be using for stuff *they* would have spent money on.<br /><br />My MD made this point a couple years back about Romneycare -- even if it is only $60/week, that's money that a lot of families already had planned to spend for other necessary things like car tires.<br /><br />It's also what's behind the so-called "forgotten man" of the first great depression -- while it was "great work if you can find it", what FDR's programs did was help those who had jobs at the expense of those who didn't.<br /><br />Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-83421136877820700542014-03-06T12:40:12.262-05:002014-03-06T12:40:12.262-05:00Anon 10:03, I think you're spot on. Any cash l...Anon 10:03, I think you're spot on. Any cash left in these students pockets will end up at Target or Trader Joes (or more likely, online). A thinly veiled excuse pandering to local businesses - but actually it's just Amherst pushing its populist agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-76443984409518782032014-03-06T10:49:41.193-05:002014-03-06T10:49:41.193-05:00Kids need more money to spend on rent yet somehow ...Kids need more money to spend on rent yet somehow they will spend more at local amherst businesses. Nope, this kids simply wrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-75885812441577944192014-03-06T10:03:39.636-05:002014-03-06T10:03:39.636-05:00If the students have more money, what will they be...If the students have more money, what will they be spending it on in town? More beer and pizza? Students want stuff they can get at the mall. Another boost to Hadley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-83206568101340211722014-03-06T09:19:19.502-05:002014-03-06T09:19:19.502-05:00I think his press release is making the argument t...I think his press release is making the argument that I should care as much about college students living in poverty as I do about families living in poverty. Sorry, but not convinced. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-44635451041383225262014-03-06T09:05:18.712-05:002014-03-06T09:05:18.712-05:00Amherst really needs to take down that UN flag. Al...Amherst really needs to take down that UN flag. All the United Nations wants to do is control governments and the people who live in said countries. Whether it's the banning of taking away our Guns to setting sanctions on troubled areas in the world. Just think about how much aid is lost in 3rd world countries due to corruption. So people of Amherst stand up and remove that flag. Fly the Don't Thread On Me flag for at least it's for the people. Proud to be an American were at least I know I'm FREE. Justice for Ponchonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-41213541728119310412014-03-06T08:38:01.518-05:002014-03-06T08:38:01.518-05:00How does paying the 21,000 undergraduate students ...How does paying the 21,000 undergraduate students of UMass more money translate into profit for the business community of Amherst?<br /><br />I don't see it.Adam Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180295809245561297noreply@blogger.com