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cbb330yesterday at 7:31 PM1 replyview on HN

The US doesn’t have enough money to fund the entire distribution

And as a tax payer I prefer discretionary spending for high performers.


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titzeryesterday at 7:56 PM

> for high performers.

Like $40k bonuses for ICE agents. Incidentally, $40k is about the stipend for a typical PhD student. I'll take a smart student doing nothing but eating food and digesting theorems over the absolute chaos that is being funded by our tax dollars.