As we’ve discussed, House Republicans have passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut that, if signed into law, would, among other things, take health care coverage from 13 million Americans and raise taxes on the middle class. You would think those two things alone would be enough to motivate people to call their elected officials and […]
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The Republican tax plan puts graduate students, scientific research and the future of America in peril
Also posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized Tagged academic research, America Cares Act, American aristocracy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, anti-science, call to action, college tax credit, Donald Trump, Erin Rousseau, estate tax, free college tuition, health care reform, higher education, mandates, middle class, Obamacare, Orrin Hatch, research and development, Science, STEM, student debt, student loans, tax credits, tax cuts, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, those anti-science Republicans, threats to the middle class, Trumpcare, tuition 22 Comments
The University of Michigan, with an increasingly wealthy student body, sets out to return the “common man” and increase economic diversity
Politico has a really interesting piece today about the increasingly wealthy University of Michigan student body, what that means in practical terms when it comes to economics and politics in the state, and what University leaders are doing to reverse the trend, and increase economic diversity on campus. And, interestingly, they’ve decided to tell the […]
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I’m too busy to blog properly tonight, but can someone please explain to me how lowering taxes prevents hurricanes?
Let me help you out this that, @realDonaldTrump. Here's what I think you meant to say. pic.twitter.com/fP3n6EDCOa — Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) September 13, 2017 Yes, in case you missed it, the top tweet, minus my suggested edits, of course, really was sent out by Donald Trump today. Apparently, what we all saw play out across […]