U.M. students are joining a wave of sit in protests to call on their investment committee to not divest in fossil fuels. Do these common sense challenged kids realize how much of their education is funded by fossil fuels and other natural resource revenue? I doubt it. Do they know how much their tuition would be if that tax revenue was not available? If they ever get a job do they know how much will be taken from their paycheck before they can buy pot or do other recreational activities? No, they don't. Someday, when they become a grown-up, they'll realize how much these industries and other hard working Montanans have done for them. Or maybe they wont.....

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