Monday, February 28, 2005
Opposed
Bob 2.0 sends an e-mail to us all about the stupid, stupid health fee that Temina Madon wants to inflict upon us because she feels bad about something-or-other. And who could possibly oppose health? Someone with enough brains to both recognize that the fee doesn't do anything but yank fifty bucks a semester from us, and enough balls to actually say so to people who'll interpret it as being "anti-health." Unfortunately, it also has to be someone with enough free time and connections to run a campaign, and that sure as hell isn't me.
Anyway, information is here, including a "pro-fee" website, and a (*snicker*) open space for anyone who wants to campaign "anti-fee." There's not a whole lot of point in trying to fight this thing, since the warm fuzzies people get from "health" is pretty much going to overwhelm any reality check, but if you're interested in campaigning against the fee, "contact the Election Manager."
Here are some quick reasons to oppose the fee, to be enumerated in detail later (when I get time)
1) It's expensive, and you'll probably never get any benefit out of it.
2) There's no particular reason to believe that passing the fee will even boost funding for health services.
3) The fee will likely increase every year, at the discretion of a not-even-close-to-neutral "committee"
4) The Student Health Advisory Committee is effectively lying to you in the hopes that their heart-warming stories will make sure you don't actually see what the fee does (or, more accurately, doesn't do).
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