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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why supposed liberals are so enamored of cheap or "free" grad student labor, I'll never understand. [b]Grad students should be paid a living wage.[/b][/quote]

I cannot stop laughing at your hypocrisy! Let me give a little hint about living wages… Republicans refuse to pay a living wage to working class people with families. The federal minimum wage is $7.25…and you are advocating for a “living wage” for grad students for a summer. Oh, Republicans don’t EVER change. [/quote]

What are you even talking about? Walk and chew gum at the same time.

I want a higher minimum wage (double would be start). I want a living wage for grad students. I'm not a Republican. I'm also not a strident boot-licker of prestigious institutions.[/quote]

Graduate school is different than a job, though.  There is a part of it that is a job, and a part of it that is career building and education.  The first year or two is primarily coursework (and students rarely/never pay tuition for that), plus attending some group meetings, with limited productive output for the univeristy.  Should undergrads also be paid a living wage for attending school?  Undergrads even pay tuition for the opportunity to get an education.

I agree about "living wage" to a degree, some students are taken advantage of and do a ton of teaching and research labor without being fairly compensated, and don't have promising career prospects.  That shouldn't happen. But being a grad student is something of a sacrafice and a priviledge, not a basic right.

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