Is a Rebate a Cut?
Posted by Andy on January 11th, 2007
The DFL House is trying to act all fiscally conservative, (note: that really means you have to control spending folks) and ‘help low income families with tuition costs‘.
The House is acting first. Today, representatives are expected to pass a plan to allow about 110,000 low- and middle-income taxpayers to deduct college tuition costs from their income taxes.
Here’s something to really show the difference between conservatives and liberal tax and spend DFLers. A conservative would just cut taxes to these people, not force them to go throught a process to have some of THEIR own money returned to them.
A tax rebate is not a tax cut. If you cut taxes for low and middle earners,(BTW: what is middle income? What is the income level that makes you either?) they have more money to use to cover EVERYTHING, not just the things the DFL wants them to do.
Have you noticed yet that the only time the DFL even considers not letting Government keep all the money it took out of your wallet is when it was collected in a way that is part of their agenda, or if you have proof you did something that is part of their agenda. Big Education OWNS the DFL, heck there’s 50 or so DFL Legislators who owe their non-elected livelihood to Educaton Minnesota and the education sector, what do you expect but to see them funnel money their own way?
Why not reform Minnesota’s tax code and lower taxes for low and middle income taxpayers so that they have more money for everything? Nope, the only way this bill is going to help you financially is if you behave the way teh DFL wants you to.
January 11th, 2007 at 10:22 am
The other thing to recognize is that they are giving out a tax DEDUCTION, not a credit. You’d still be spending 93% of your own money for the tuition. Heck, the U raises tuition that much every year. Where do you suppose all that money goes? Wouldn’t the best approach be to cap tuition and make the U more affordable for everybody?