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An alumnus donating money to his alma mater is not odd. A congressional campaign making charitable contributions, even to a college, is not odd, and certainly not illegal. What’s odd is a mid-five-figure gift from an active congressional committee to a massive university.
Ted Lieu for Congress accounts for 98% of all federal campaign money donated to Stanford.
Lieu’s $50,000 to Stanford is the second-largest contribution on record from an active congressional candidate to a college or university.
Clearly Lieu's kid isn't bright enough to get into Stanford on his own merits. All Lieu had to do was give money to the guy who helped Hollywood elites get their kids in Ivy League schools. Oh, wait, I think that guy and those parents are in jail. Never mind...
What he did was perfectly legal compared to the Varsity Blues parents.
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Originally Posted by Fisherman99
You are wildly assuming...Have you seen Ted Lieu's kid's academic stats?
Betcha he has a very high GPA and a very high SAT/ACT score.
Feel free to show me his academic stats, then we can continue...
He probably wouldn't have had to donate money to get the kid in the school if that were true. Schools like candidates whose parents have influence. That alone would have them bending the requirements.
Why give so little money? So cheap! Most of the cars in the student parking lot at Stanford cost more than $50k. Donations to universities are usually hundreds of millions. I don't think $50k can get his kid into Stanford.
You know, maybe we should discuss this from a different angle. Spending your campaign money to give to a college is not the intended use of that money. It may be legal, but its wrong, and maybe we should add it to the things disallowed for campaign money.
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