Source: Independent Institute
by Richard K Vedder
“Shoplifting is the theft of goods from a store during business hours. Colleges increasingly engage in a legal, modified form of shoplifting: using inside accomplices, they legally ‘steal’ public funds during business hours through a complex, often convoluted appropriations process. This occurs at both the state and federal levels, but Open the Books recently exposed the extent of this form of legalized theft engineered by members of the U.S. Senate. Regarding the 2026 federal budget, 24 senators have requested $636 million in earmarks for universities they themselves attended.” (02/05/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/02/05/collegiate-shoplifting/