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...strikes me as an important appeal to conservative constituencies that Republicans in the House, Senate and White House will want to have on the books before election day,” wrote Associate Professor of Government Barry C. Burden in an e-mail...
...some Democrats slow the bill in the Senate, they will only be blamed by Republicans for being hostile to the military in a time of war. For that reason I expect Senate Democrats to allow the vote to happen if workload permits,” Burden wrote...
...Bush administration has recently reduced college aid and proposed harmful new rules for financial assistance. In his proposal to Congress on the Higher Education Act, for instance, the president suggests raising loan limits for college first-years—a move that will almost certainly amplify the financial burden of education for the nation’s neediest citizens. President Bush was right to ask for a new formula for distributing the federal funds already allocated for higher education. But if he really wants to make a difference, he has to get more money into the hands of those...
...average per capita income. Incomes and taxes have rapidly inflated since then, but the exemption has not kept pace and is now only about 10 percent of average per capita income. While the Earned Income Tax Credit has made up some of the slack, a much greater tax burden is borne by home educating families than should be. The personal exemption should be returned to its original efficacy and be increased...
...while the council’s decision will greatly benefit many Harvard students, making it truly valuable in that regard, some of the other stated motives for the policy are suspect. To lighten the burden of class rings on student wallets is a fine goal, to be sure, but to do so in an attempt to increase the number of buyers is vile. Class rings are the icons of a decadent class of well-to-do college students; the council is foolish to advocate increasing their sales for the ludicrous purpose of promoting community among seniors. The community of class...