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cardcounter0 · #1 10-26-2005, 08:15 PM

WASHINGTON - House Republicans voted to cut student loan subsidies, child support enforcement and aid to firms hurt by unfair trade practices as various committees scrambled to piece together $50 billion in budget cuts. More politically difficult votes — to cut Medicaid, food stamps and farm subsidies — are on tap.

In other news, Exxon Mobil is getting ready to post over $7 billion in quarterly profits. The rest of the Big Oils are also reporting never before reached record high profits for the quarter.

What else can the average American do, how far can he dig into his pocket, how much more can he tighten his belt, to help out these oil companies? Shouldn't we be thinking about some more tax relief for Big Oil?

lehighguy · #2 10-26-2005, 08:22 PM

Your absolutely right. We should bring corporate tax rates down to zero so the oils don't have any tax advantages over other companies.

Also, student loans suck balls. If they didn't have them my school would simply have upped my scholarship so I could attend. Instead they said I had the loan, so I didn't need extra grants (which I don't have to pay back). Now I have $20,000 I owe in students loans.

elwoodblues · #3 10-26-2005, 08:43 PM

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Also, student loans suck balls. If they didn't have them my school would simply have upped my scholarship

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Uh huh. No doubt about it, that's what they would have done.

I wonder why people get full tuition scholarships if the school could just say "get a loan" for some of it.

cardcounter0 · #4 10-26-2005, 08:44 PM

Obviously he wasn't majoring in Economics. If he was, he needs to get a refund!
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lehighguy · #5 10-26-2005, 08:55 PM

Once my school decides they want someone they do a calculation:

Tuition - Contribution (calculation based on family income) = Need

They meet need through grants, loans, and outside scholarships. They always meet need. If I were to be awarded an outside scholarship for $10,000 they would simply reduce my grant by $10,000. Effectively, there is no point in applying for outside scholarships and thus I never did. Since the government awarded me loans, this reduced the grant portion of my need allocation.

cardcounter0 · #6 10-26-2005, 08:59 PM

You should write your school. If you took any classes in Business, economics, accounting, or even logic or math, they owe you a refund.

ACPlayer · #7 10-27-2005, 02:22 AM

You should oppose all government funding of education. They distort the prices at which the serice is offered.

This includes school vouchers.

natedogg · #8 10-27-2005, 02:45 AM

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You should oppose all government funding of education. They distort the prices at which the service is offered.

This includes school vouchers.

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1. you don't actually believe that anyway

2. you don't think undercutting the competition by operating *at a massive loss* does anything to distort the education market? Maybe just a little?

The arguments against vouchers are specious. Every one of them.

natedogg

ACPlayer · #9 10-27-2005, 03:26 AM

Actually I do believe that government funding of *anything* distorts the pricing of that good or service. Higher education is a clear example of that.

I have said so consistently.

I also believe that public funding of education should be eliminated or at least reduced and that the public education system needs significant overhaul.

The arguments for vouchers from one who believes in minimal government and free markets smack of either hypocrisy or intellectual dishonesty.

theweatherman · #10 10-26-2005, 08:23 PM

why would the ruling elite want to give the lower classes any real chance at rising in importance? Its much easier to control thelower ranksof soceity when they are uneducated and sent off to war.