He had obtained a second graduate degree from MIT in chemical engineering, the Times reported, after realizing that his previous degree in nuclear engineering would have required him to work closely with the government. At the time, according to the paper, the school was so implacably opposed to the U.S. government it was proposing that the Constitution be scrapped in favor of one that limited the government’s authority to impose “compulsory taxation.” The Times described LeFevre as also opposing Medicare and antipoverty programs and hinted that the school opposed government-sponsored
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