Obama Proposes Tax Credit for College Tuition

[TheWarbirdPhoenix]

Tax Credit+Tax Increases=Canceled out Tax Credit=Spontanious Political Hot Air

[Bearkiller777]

100 hours? for anyone who says that's not alot probably doesn't have anything else to do.....if you have a part time job + going to school you have little to NO time to do anything else how are you supposed to fit in 100 hours? while his proposal sounds nice at first it's a Catch 22- because they make you pay back for what they give you....no different than how they get ppl to join the military - 4 years of service for 4 years of school...

[brokenpalms1]

when nigga obama says this shit will cover americans, does this also include immigrants????

[daverocker1]

Oh. I get it. It's free money. But you have to work for it. Just like anything that is free. Just like my job gives me free money. Ok, that makes sense.

[TwoSet]

wake the fuck up .. instead of your stupid tax credits , cut taxes.

[55Dixon]

Forget mandatory public service. It would waste the students time. Such programs are useless and phony. (1) Force colleges to reduce their costs and, thereby, reduce tuition. (2) give students a good loan only if they are in a field where we need them. (3) Get tough on the deadbeats who don't repay and use loans for extended childhood. (4) Forget a tax break. Young people don't pay any taxes anyway. Typical government - come up with the worst solution to a problem.

[Oyyy123]

I am all for this. I'm not joining the peace corp, but this will definitely help me because no one in my family will co-sign for me, and I am struggling to get student loans.

[shaithis45]

how about eliminating student loans altogether thus causing enrollment to drop because of high tuition and other scam fees some universities/colleges have imposed which will in turn cause tuition rates to come crashing back down to reasonable levels. No longer worth it to go into debt and no reason to go into debt to access higher learning.

[Chancechan]

100 hours? Obama, you should know how busy a full time student is, especially if we have jobs and want to go to graduate school. I'm still an Obama supporter, but a hundred hours every year I'm in school isn't happening.

[bluediamond2077]

Oh you would not do it for $40 an hour? you must be rich. I work as well and will cut my work hours for this. I sure as hell don't make $40 an hour and have no prob cutting my $10 hr job.

[ProObama]

100 hours is like 2hrs a WEEK! You don't have 2hrs a week?

[Chancechan]

I have an internship, job, and a heavy school load. So yes, if I plan to sleep or actually do well enough to get into my graduate school of choice, it will make my schedule rather tight.

This will help some students who have the time, but it is far from a panacea.

[guyjohn59]

What a total bullsht program. Mandatory public service program? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of volunteering. If the government stayed out of it, colleges would have to lower tuition in order to deal with the credit crunch and compete will community colleges.

[bluediamond2077]

100 hours is not very much . thats like 2 and a half weeks of full time. It can be done over the summer. It's worth $40 an hour . I'm all for it and if your not you must be a rich bitch.

[silverstream789]

Most students have to do community service in order to be accepted into college so I think this is a good rule. And believe it or not, 100 hours is A LOT!

[MALCB15]

wat thats not the much compared to paying for college ur retarded

[silverstream789]

Really, there's no need to be immature about it and calling me retarded.

No it's not that much but I don't come from a rich family so it's still $4000 that I get to save.

[bluediamond2077]

I make $10 an hour so it would take me 400 hours of work to pay for $4000.. I sure as hell would rather work 100 hours then 400 hours at home depot. I think people who say 100hrs is a lot are pussys who don't want to work.

[CBERASTUS]

Did you all hear...McCain is inching ahead of Obama in the polls? I knew it would happen; I'm just amazed it happened so quickly.

I may be wrong, but I believe that white women are well aware that Hillary was thrown under the bus by Oprah and the black community. Isn't there an old saying about a 'woman scorned?' : )

[bradleyb4]

yeah and who is going to pay for this

RICH PEOPLE AND THE REAL MIDDLE CLASS

[videoaccess001]

90% of the money will come from there. I don't want to donate to the government so they can hand out my money as they see fit. Also, they act as if it was theres and take credit for doing a good job when really it's my money that footed the bill. I'm always pissed off about the taxing everyone to give to some.

[MALCB15]

the super rich not the middle class

[mjensater]

The Bush tax cuts are working! Higher income earners SHOULD pay less taxes.

People earning less than $250,000 are the ones WHO USE public schools, health clinics, and mortgages.

The middle class wants wealthy people to pay more taxes?!?!! Tax credits for college?

Forget it.

McCain 08!!!!!!

[videoaccess001]

Actually the rich do pay less taxes. About half as much. And the thing to remember about democracy and capitalism is that it will not work unless people are willing to give back to their communities.

The people who make the majority of the money work for companies that receive government aid, tax benefits, and subsidizations. It's a 2 way street, the rich keep getting richer for a reason.

I agree, no tax credits(see my earlier post). I want everyone to pay the same taxes.

Neither 08!!!!!!!!!!

[t22q]

Did the worker come before the market? I think if anyone is focusing on the everyday realities of the majority and can present a suitable gameplan and has an insightful recent and earlier background has something to say and for us to listen.

He has to be the president mccains credit on integrity is close to minus amongst people who are aware in the plights and following course of action.

[videoaccess001]

"Tax Credit" Means the government taxes the entire population and gives that money to specific people because of their position. I don't like it. Same with welfare and health care and a thousand other government programs. When he cuts taxes on gas for instance, that loss of income will raise some other tax. Whats really funny, is that people think he's going to lower taxes. TH[]INK

[aliakbar01]

this was already covered many times over the past 18 months. Obama paying his workers and ruining market principles.

[neotoy]

Yeah, because the "market" is doing such a great job of taking care of business.. a.k.a. screwing 95% of working class Americans up the ass. lol. Let me guess, you're not low income are you?