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IT WOULD SUCK!

It was only this morning when I was sitting in my collegiate math class wondering about what I was going to write about for my latest post on Jibbli, when I stumbled upon my University’s daily paper, The Daily News. As I was reading it like I always do in math, I found an article by Derek Wilson titled, “BALL STATE SPORTS COST $827 PER STUDENT FOR 2008-09.” Intrigued by what actually was costing me almost a thousand dollars a year. As I was reading, Wilson focused on why Ball State students get free admission to sporting events, and why other non-students (including adults, friends, and family) get a generally discounted price compared to other colleges around the nation.

His reason was clear, we pay more in tuition to get this small luxury…over 800$ more to be in fact.  Through his research he found that this fee comes from an initial $1,464 fee charged to every student. This larger fee covers funding for student services, technology, and what not (this can be found and backed up by looking at the tuition bill). But, what the tuition bill doesn’t cover is a sizable 56% chunk of that goes to sports administration.

Another small thing to keep in mind is how a full season pass to all sporting events that Ball State offers only costs $216. I, and most fellow students go to maybe 3-5 sporting events a year tops, that’s maybe 50 bucks I would have paid. I would feel a lot better paying 50 bucks instead of eight-hundred-something..

This small article in the middle of a school news paper struck something in me, and for some reason it sounded like something that not only people at Ball State could connect to, but the whole nation. That’s right, it sounds like Obama’s health care plan. We are tempted with the freebie sporting events, while behind our backs we are getting charged a large amount in tuition! With “Obama Care,” we are tempted with what might be considered free health care, but all the while we are getting charged a large amount in taxes to help out other people who don’t want to pay. WHAT A SCAM!

Sure you can keep your old health care options under Obama’s proposed plan, but do still want to pay more in taxes for something you aren’t using? Is that fair? Is it fair to charge already broke college kids more money to help subsidize a price of a football ticket?

If I want to give my money away, I should be in charge of where it goes, and to what organization it goes to. I shouldn’t be taxed money that’s going to a charity fund I don’t believe in, let alone I shouldn’t be charged tuition to help someone go to a football game. Going to a football game is a luxury, and not something you have to do. Same should be with health care, people need to learn what’s important and make some sacrifices if they want something like health care.