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Fascinating. Among the disasterous tactics in the Republican tax plan (which you're all familiar with, right?) is a plan to tax the tuition wavers graduate students receive, in addition to the already taxed student stipend they receive. They also want to eliminate student loan interest deductions.
Meanwhile, there is an effort by the Trump cabal and many Republicans to relax IRS penalties (read: get rid of them entirely) for religious institutions that express political views while maintaining their tax-exempt status, by eliminating the Johnson Amendment. If churches in the United States to be taxed, it would provide $70-$80 BILLION in tax revenue to the federal government.
There are few words to describe how backwards, foolish, and tragic both of these things are to this country. Two things are clear: we already know that this administration places no importance on higher education and personal enrichment, and that Republicans have succeeded somewhat as painting higher education as an elitist, liberal breeding grounds. We also know there are numerous people within the party who would choose to insert as much religion as possible into government. What the hell are we becoming as a country when educational enrichment and the pursuit of knowledge is intentionally penalized as a means of generating tax revenue, and when some would choose to inject religious ideals into politics, and politics into religion, with no impact on their ability to do so without being taxed appropriately?
- How Americans can support this sort of thing blows my mind. Crazy.sofakingback