Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud
by daveFNbuck on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @11:40AM
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Most people would see the 12 years of taxpayer-financed education as a reason to keep him in the country. If he returns to India, taxpayers are losing a lot of the benefits of that investment.
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Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud
by dzonga on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @11:55AM
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are you sure it was taxpayer financed. As a former international student, the tuition for international students was 3x for locals at a big state university in the south. Besides football programs, most schools get their financing from international students.
Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud
by codemac on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @12:21PM
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> Besides football programs, most schools get their financing from international students
Citation? Why do our federal and state budgets have multi billion dollar line items for funding universities if it's just international students paying for everyone.
State universities accept a lot more than 3 in state students for every international student.
Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud
by diminoten on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @01:15PM
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Some universities yes, others decidedly not. Did this person go to a public university?
Further, why is it so bad that we spend money to educate people, even if those people aren't Americans? What makes an American inherently more deserving of his spot in class?
Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud
by daveFNbuck on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @10:13PM
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I'm responding to someone who's claiming that the schooling was subsidized. I have no idea if that's true. His time in grad school at least would probably have included a lot of grants.
Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud
by vkou on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @12:08PM
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International students are generally not subsidised, and are seen as huge cashcows by universities.
Re:GM lays off engineer who helped expose VW’s diesel fraud
by daveFNbuck on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @10:14PM
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I'm not the one who claimed he was subsidized. I was responding to someone who made that claim as part of an argument against keeping him in the country.