$13.4 million. in case you re wondering that is enough to pay in-state tuition of more than about 1100 students. congressmen, why should any american tax air be on the hook for this garbage? you wonder why college education cost so much. americans want safe cities, they want a portable gas, they want freedom. instead we are getting increased crime and record inflation and we get diversity counselors, for goodness sake. maybe we wouldn t have to cancel student at if we weren t paying for things like this. laura: in my hometown, right near my hometown in connecticut it just so happens a friend of mine tonight from high school sends me an advertisement for a new diversity and equity director.