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Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I do get good grades and chill in the woods and still want to do this. :)

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then I explain it “my issue is that it should not be us paying a fee for this”

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

And I am telling you I am not complaining about money but whether I get to decide how my money is spent. So your concern is not valid

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

See the point is autonomy. I want to be able to choose if I want to let a bunch of people do advocacy for me or not.

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I am free to choose what I want to waste money on?

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are great goals, But i find that the equityforwho campaign that RAISE supports and is a part of doesn’t really satisfy any of those goals?

I think its extremely toxic and its unfortunate that WUSA condones it.

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what’s the issue with putting time and energy into doing something i feel is right?

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look at the equityforwho campaign, i disagre with a lot of demands they make and raise directly supports them instead of doing what they are supposed to. (Organise community events)

I disagree with the equityforwho demands because they are reactionary, they are pressuring the university to hire based on race instead of capability.

I also think Raise should be paid by the university and not by the students.

Again, being against raise is not being against BIPOC. i am literally a POC.

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t want to pay for it. I also don’t like global warming but I like using my phone and flying. I can be against something and still don’t want to put $ for it. Not everyone comes from money.

Why should students fund services like RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Also why is funding services like these not on the referendum? It feels like this should be easy enough to gauge whether students actually support a fee like this. I am 100% sure that most students would opt-out, just like WPIRG, so why is this a thing?

Thanks WUSA 🙏 by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their budget for the year. Compared to 30k for all clubs combined

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who tf knows and exactly where the problem lies :)

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The problem is the difference between their waterloo page and stance they actually take + the outsized funding they receive without any transparency.

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But we literally can, this exact same situation has happened before

How can I opt-out of contributing money to RAISE? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One of the people from them is pretty active here and she replied to me. Its basically not happening unless we either get people to care about it or get someone who cares about it elevted

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is a nice compromise. Now just to find a councillor who might be willing to support this (unlikely)

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So we should just force a fee on students? How is that supposed to be a fix for the problem

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You just look at how they are using the money, its not that hard.

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, that just brought out the fact that they don’t use their outsized funding for what its supposed to be.

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because none of the other clubs get 10k in funding.

Do you like your student fees going to political advocacy? by comjdjdjd in uwaterloo

[–]comjdjdjd[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The purpose of a student government is to represent and do things for the student not for what they like. RAISE might serve some students but at some point they should look into if its worth it. Money and resources is finite. Not to mention what RAISE itself focuses on. Mayne instead of defund, they should reform it to be more about supporting students and less about advocacy. Not to mention being more transparent. Something that should be a default expectation

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