Re: [MATHEDCC] Tax Credit

Bret Taylor (bret@IAG.NET)
Tue, 1 Jul 1997 20:03:00 -0400 (EDT)

Welcome aboard. You will find this list is not afraid of controversial topics.

Now, why don't you tell us how you really feel ;-) .

At 03:56 PM 7/1/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I am new to this list. As things are rather quiet during the holidays,
>I thought I would take the opportunity to show everyone my
>grumpy, curmudgenous nature.
>
>I have a gripe.
>
>California community colleges have always kept tuitions low. We
>were, in fact, free until ole Scroogemejian (a former governor)
>established
>fees as a way of keeping taxes low (a fee is not a tax in Republican
>parlance.)
>
>So now, along comes Clinton with this lovely tax credit proposal that
>will
>allow you to deduct some part of your tuition. This will not
>benefit California community colleges at all - this will benefit
>students going to USC or, like Chelsea, to Stanford - but it's
>just a kick in the teeth for us, who are already toothless.
>
>Some Democrat! Hey, while we're at it, let's cut capital gains,
>estate taxes, screw the environment and make all those welfare
>moms get a job! Then we can send all those inhalers to prison!
>Just like Johnson couldn't go to China, no Republican could get
>away with any of these things.
>
>Geoff Hagopian
>College of the Desert
>
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Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg FL

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What matters more, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves."
John Wooden

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