Says the fan of a public school that takes tax money without my approval.

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Jul 11, 2017
11:46:57am

fbguru All-American

I doubt your billion annual figure, but whatever it is doesn't matter to me. At least tithing is freely given.

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Well, duh...

sakhr 3rd String

7/11/17 11:33am

BYU is a great school for the money. A 10 figure annual tithing allocation

ALUF 1990

7/11/17 11:44am

Says the fan of a public school that takes tax money without my approval.

fbguru

7/11/17 11:46am

"hypocritcal" is the term you are looking for

Skipshot

7/11/17 12:17pm

Lol without your approval.

Virginia Ute

7/12/17 7:40pm

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Abe Froman

7/13/17 7:52am

Return on investment..............

BoiseBlue

7/11/17 11:47am

Law school seems like a weird one to go after... I think that is one of the few

Alsippi89

7/12/17 7:24pm

As opposed to the millions they give those on the hill who are openly anti?

gmj81

7/11/17 11:51am

You must love paying taxes to support a school that openly advocates for communism.

sakhr

7/11/17 11:52am

What an odd reaction

Greg Kite's 'stache

7/11/17 11:53am

When I asked my sibling employed by BYU about it, she said "Well, think how much

ALUF 1990

7/11/17 12:02pm

Have to have enough members and temple workers in order to have temple

gmj81

7/11/17 12:07pm

Do you have the same problem with BYU Idaho or BYU Hawaii? I trust that there are reasons.

sakhr

7/11/17 12:12pm

Byu education arm is considered part of the missionary effort

Thunderdome

7/11/17 12:42pm

Speaking as a Utah fan, Utah undergrad degree holder, and BYU law degree holder

ironman1315

7/11/17 12:42pm

solid take

SingleStrapBackpack

7/11/17 12:55pm

Just be glad none of it is going to support Athletics.

Turnpike Lane

7/11/17 1:16pm

Tithing supports athletics.

displacedute

7/11/17 1:37pm

Lol. Ok. Nice reach. Seriously.

Turnpike Lane

7/11/17 1:42pm

Trying too hard

cougarmanguy

7/11/17 1:46pm

The Church gets an enormous ROI on what it invests in BYU.

Still Open

7/11/17 1:18pm

It's a return so good they are trying hard to expand the

cougarmanguy

7/11/17 1:34pm

They could reduce by 500 mil per year & stay full with the exact same return

ALUF 1990

7/11/17 7:04pm

Just out of curiosity, where are you getting your numbers?

Still Open

7/11/17 7:38pm

I saw a spreadsheet and had it confirmed by a current well placed source. The

ALUF 1990

7/12/17 7:56am

That may be the case. But whoever showed you that spreadsheet and confirmed that

Still Open

7/12/17 8:12am

I'll ask you another question though. How much should the state cut from the

Still Open

7/12/17 8:15am

Great question. UU $3.4B, USU $400M. Room for cuts?

StalwartBraveTrue

7/12/17 12:05pm

Still hasn't answered the question.... Hmmmm.

MoMoney88

7/12/17 12:59pm

not true and I was once one of 10 people that access.

Nat Gas Man

9/2/17 3:03pm

You believe tithing subsidizes $33K/student/year?

BYU'01

7/11/17 9:54pm

You had me until you quoted Boyd K Packer..... whomp whomp whomp

TyPower2016

7/11/17 11:05pm

Ok. I'm sorry you feel that way.

Still Open

7/12/17 8:00am

It sounds like you are being honest. You really don't understand.

StalwartBraveTrue

7/11/17 6:27pm

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Abe Froman

7/12/17 10:53pm

What does aluf stand for agai

cougarmanguy

7/11/17 12:11pm

That is hillarious, why would a church want a university to train its

Bluedomination

7/11/17 12:20pm

Additionally, there is the bonus of future generations

CBW

7/11/17 2:51pm

They can get that without spending the annual billion. BYU could still thrive.

ALUF 1990

7/11/17 7:06pm

Because BYU athletics is a missionary arm of the Church...

Alister Mackenzie

7/11/17 1:50pm

Off topic. Sports gets a very small percentage of the annual billion

ALUF 1990

7/11/17 7:09pm

Yeah, 0% is a VERY small percentage

Dissenter

7/12/17 10:36am

What does the church pay for institute? On a per-captia basis, I'd imagine

Colorado

7/11/17 2:46pm

Worth absolutely every cent.

Nagurski

7/11/17 4:29pm

I am curious where the 1B number is coming from.

jollaksentie

7/11/17 5:17pm

1B seems pretty close.

StalwartBraveTrue

7/11/17 6:30pm

Remind us again of what the "A" in ALUF stands for...

Cully

7/11/17 8:10pm

wow that's a lot of money. i thought it was more like 10k/student/year

buckles

7/12/17 8:10pm

Weird headline.

fredy

7/11/17 11:55am

The U only costs $23?

Colorado

7/11/17 2:39pm

Actual Operating Costs for USU and UoU; Estimate for BYU

BYU'01

7/12/17 6:38pm

Well done. Although I'd need more explanation of he difference between

StalwartBraveTrue

7/13/17 4:12pm

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