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"The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of United States Congressional Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify as conservative Democrats.
It was formed in 1995[6][7] during the 104th Congress to give more conservative members from the Democratic Party a unified voice after the Democrats' loss of Congress in the U.S. Congressional election of 1994.[8] Blue Dog Coalition membership experienced a rapid decline in the 2010s, holding 14 seats in the 114th Congress.[9] The 115th Congress has seen the Coalition grow to 18 members."
18 is not MANY. The Dem party has swung far left, embracing socialist nutjubs rather than fiscally responsible representatives. Glad to see they are a few, but it's far too few.
So, it has grown to 18 members. Yes, it is quite many. I don't think the Dem party is any more left than is has been in the past. They have promoted the same ideas since the early 1960s.
I live in Az, another low tax state and mine goes up in the Senate bill and way up in the House bill. It's not just state and local. It is the fact that the exemptions go away. Anyway, good for you. But the congressional scoring office reported that 14 million middle class Americans will see a tax increase immediately and fully one fourth will see one within the coming years. Not only that, but did you know that individual cuts expire in 2025? The corporate rates are permanent but the ones for working people revert back to what they were in ten years. If/when that happens, everyone in the middle class will get a bigger bill.
"Many grad students — especially in Ph.D. programs — receive tuition waivers in exchange for teaching classes or doing research. Under current law, that money isn't taxed as income. But the new bill calls for those tuition waivers to be counted as income and subjected to income taxes.
That means graduate students would be paying taxes on money they never receive."
"Many grad students — especially in Ph.D. programs — receive tuition waivers in exchange for teaching classes or doing research. Under current law, that money isn't taxed as income. But the new bill calls for those tuition waivers to be counted as income and subjected to income taxes.
That means graduate students would be paying taxes on money they never receive."
Jesus Christ. Is there any more money they can take away from us regular folk in order to give it to Corporations who have already PROVEN that they are not going to invest it in our country.
"Many grad students — especially in Ph.D. programs — receive tuition waivers in exchange for teaching classes or doing research. Under current law, that money isn't taxed as income. But the new bill calls for those tuition waivers to be counted as income and subjected to income taxes.
That means graduate students would be paying taxes on money they never receive."
Jesus Christ. Is there any more money they can take away from us regular folk in order to give it to Corporations who have already PROVEN that they are not going to invest it in our country.
This isn't only going to be bad for the grad students, there will be a ripple effect that will hurt research and could also drive up tuition.
I'm already concerned about this. My son is only in high school, but is hoping to pursue a science PhD. We can cover his undergrad but I was hoping for programs like this to help him with grad school.
I thought we were trying to encourage kids to go into STEM fields?
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Bad news for grad students if GOP tax bill passes
