One thing can certainly be said for most BB&B folks: there are very few surprises. You’re very predictable. If the stock market was as predictable as some of you people, we’d all be zillionaire’s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgonit
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One thing can certainly be said for most BB&B folks: there are very few surprises. You’re very predictable. If the stock market was as predictable as some of you people, we’d all be zillionaire’s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgonit
So by this do you mean ... ???Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
a) Some agency of Louisiana state government should shut down a private religious community college?
b) The people of Louisiana, without any govt involvement, should organize to shut down a private religious community college?
c) The group seeking to start a private religious community college should seek another location because, in your professional opinion, the market for private religious community colleges in Louisiana is already saturated?
I'm personally of the position that Louisiana already has too many fried chicken chains. But I'm not expecting the state of Louisiana to shut down any proposed new ones. Let the market handle it.
You fellas still believe in the free market right?
I always thought the argument was that there are too many 4 year public universities in Louisiana.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
And that some of them might better serve the state as community colleges?
Nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
Nope.
Nope.
And yes.
But you knew that. Thank you, Mr Predictable. LOL!
Your tax dollars don’t pay for the chicken chain, so nobody really cares what you think about that. The MARKET will take care of that.
Who said anything about the state of Louisiana shutting down the new private school? I never suggesed having state authorities close down the new PRIVATE school. Just more FAKE NEWS. However some of us have been suggesting for years that some of Louisiana’s STATE supported schools need to be shuttered. That’s different, because taxpayers pay for that.
The fact that this is a private college receiving no tax dollars is really immaterial to the larger point that was made. The material point is that it’s another college, something that some of us believe is absurd for Louisiana, regardless of whether it is publicly or privately supported. It doesn’t mean that we think it is illegal, or should be shut down. However, if you are of the mindset that there’s only so many students and so much money to go around for higher education in the state of Louisiana, then every dollar that goes to this new “private” college, is theoretically another dollar that can’t and won’t potentially go to LA Tech, NSU, Grambling, or any of the other 9,000 colleges based in Louisiana, regardless of whether they are public (e.g., LA Tech) or private (e.g., Centenary).
Maybe this new school will be so overwhelmingly successful as to negate the demand for continuing public institutions in Eunice, Thibodaux, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Let’s hope so. THAT would save the states taxpayers some coinage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
"Too many colleges." We literally don't have a single 2-year college in the state that plays football. Not one. So I'd say we have too few in that area. This isn't a new FBS or FCS university. It's a private, 2-year college. If we can't differentiate between those two things, we have an intellectual issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
It will cost taxpayers...something.
Tulane University received $9 million in taxpayer subsidized payments, in various forms for fiscal year ending 2018. This comes in the form of aid for students "in need of services," for endowed professorships, and for some research projects, etc.. now, granted $9 million is a drop in the bucket of Tulane's overall operating budget, but still, there it is. Further, Tulane is exempt from property tax and most sales taxes as an educational institution. That amounts to over $500 million annually, according to one source. Tulane benefits from public services such as police, fire, and public works to maintain streets on campus, services for which it pays exactly $0 for.
So, yeah, let's have our "intellectual issue" and stick to the real truth.
Always cost taxpayers.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80