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kansas republicans including governor sam brownback
want to cut college aid for the poor
in a border
to pay for more
tax breaks now this doesn't make sense on so many levels one more disturbing
than the next
currently provides these annual matching contributions of up to six hundred
dollars for low-income families which invest into a five twenty nine plant
five twenty nine fifa nine plans are these uh... uh... if it did they've
received tax favorability these tax favored
college savings plans that people can use to put money away for a college for
themselves or for their kids
close to a thousand families take advantage of the program it cost the
state about two point one million dollars a year
total is two million dollars
uh... governor sam brownback and his fellow republicans inlet legislature
saying
the money instead of going
towards matching funds for the five twenty nine plants it should go for tax
breaks for who louis of course for the richest people naturally tableau who
else would go for
that they're just going way too much
so there are some quotes in the real question is is eight core function of
government-backed kata astate rep
pete did graph was a republican and chairman of the house general government
budget committee
uh... move to cut the program comes as lawmakers search to pay for massive
income tax cuts in acted last year and even more cuts that are coming
sam brownback has regularly sought to roll back and eliminate all together the
the state income tax
in favor instead of that he prefers a higher sales tax which is we know is a
very regressive tax system it punishes poorer taxpayers rewards wealthy
taxpayers
and now
eliminating a program design
to educate
poor people in the state
in order to pay for tax breaks benefiting the wealthy
republicans talk about how they don't like redistribution of wealth
we have a situation here that is only exacerbating
wealth inequality that's it
so what's the one in what is the goal here is the just to
keep the wealthy happy and donating to hand is it to prevent people from
getting educated so that they'll keep voting for guys like this i don't think
they didn't know what that could work but i don't think that's really the case
although we have plenty of evidence
that the more educated people are the less likely they are to vote for
republicans and know that
but let's put that aside for a second when we talk about stimulating the
economy long term what will help more rich people having a little more money
to save
orchids going to college it's just so obvious and you can even look this up
anchorage people to take a look at a paper called reducing poverty through
higher education
by a p_h_d_
michelle our ship cooper
fantastic article we don't really need that article but just as a point of
reference people one of read something about subject there is no greater
stimulus in a time than poor people becoming educated because we know that
is such a huge factor in getting out of poverty
yeah i mean this uh... economic calculus by the right doesn't make any sense of
common sense or economic sense according to the evidence i mean if you put
continually pound working class people
and they're not going to be able to win thirty fifty years
to be able to afford the types of products
that make wealthy people wealthy so thought doesn't make sense in anyway no
matter how you look at it we've talked about that right listen every need the
poor middle class to have money to buy stuff from the rich so even has a plan
for the rich
they should want to empower
and elevate the lower classes well i don't know i don't know if they want
that and i think this might be uh... a case of class warfare
well but what's the advantage tried three fsi re-reading my best interest
that's a really good question i have no idea what the advantages but clearly a
clearly it's not a more prosperous state or country
no certainly not send your thoughts on that what is the would wouldn't they
want these people or is it just that they are anti port is a class warfare
like louis is saying