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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?
No; we're trying to import foreigners who already have a graduate education or who are willing to write a check for tuition.
This should stimulate the economy and create jobs. Obama was the biggest job killer just when we needed jobs . Obama killed the economy. Trump is doing everything he can to create jobs. We are hanging direction.
Obama saved the economy. do you have a short memory or are you just a kid?
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?
No, education of the masses is seen as a threat by the ruling donor class that runs America. A highly educated and informed public is not something the ruling class is interested in. Harmful for the economy, sure, but good for the status of the elites who fund the campaigns of the politicians.
"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."
That sounds like an issue between the students and the university. No tax breaks for performing worthless "research" or being a substitute for pampered college students. The rules are changing. Get ready.
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?
A PhD? You don't know that. His interests and abilities will determine what he does in college. For all you know he could become a politician or a Walmart manager. Write your Congressman.
That is good enough for me, my family would save 2k from the plan, Middle class no kids. If the senate botches this I'm sending them a bill, and probably cry.
Are they going to start taxing undergraduate scholarships too? Because I fail to see the difference between a tuition waiver for graduate school and a scholarship for undergrad. Better start looking at primary primary schools and such that offer breaks on tuition as well.
Obama saved the economy. do you have a short memory or are you just a kid?
He neither saved, nor killed the economy. Presidents dont have that much control....
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