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...primary disagreement, of course, is the issue of vouchers. Most Republicans, including the President, are in favor of introducing vouchers - which can be used toward tuition at private or parochial schools - into "no-win" situations, when kids at local public schools are consistently denied the education they need. Democrats in general oppose vouchers; they worry that the program, which they say would siphon federal money from failing public schools into the coffers of private schools, could destroy the nation's public education system...
...fact, Harvard tuition acts more like a regressive tax, penalizing those who are poorer, up until the point that you qualify for financial aid, at which point you, at least theoretically, have all your need...
Regressive taxes under George W. Bush's new plan, regressive tax under Harvard's tuition hike--now do you see the problem...
...rising tuition will never be able to amount to a true progressive education tax, at least not unless Harvard starts charging tuition like the IRS. Instead, higher tuition will simply crowd out the middle class, reducing the numbers of students whose families benefit most from going to a less expensive school that requires fewer loans and that allows their families to make smaller payments. (More needy students face an equal burden of loans at Harvard as they would a public school because they receive full financial aid and accept a full loan burden wherever they go, provided they receive competitive...
...believe, like Jefferson, that the basis of our democracy rests on the solid shoulders of a substantial middle class. I believe there is something inherent about equality that fosters and reinforces democracy in a way that social mobility cannot. Until Harvard reduces its tuition burden for the precious middle, and until George W.'s tax cut crashes and burns in Congress instead of on earth, I'll be crossing my fingers and hoping against extinction...