At the Student Free Press Association blog, Carolina Review editor Anthony Dent (a Governor’s School alum) defends the proposal by General Assembly Republicans to end taxpayer funding of the program.

Sure, it’s a life-changing experience, but why does the government have an obligation to subsidize someone’s life-changing experience?

Dent notes that the $850,000 allocation could be covered by the illustrious alumni who’ve been through the program (or, alternatively, they could raise money to keep the school going).