Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the Senate on March 13, 2012

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Where does the students effort to prove he/she is capable of graduating from college come in.  This looks like another liberal welfare plan and will only crowd the schools with undeserving students. That will only mean less time teachers have to spend with students who are motivated and have some skin in the game.  You only have to look at the sponsor and co-sponsors of this bill to see that individual responsibilty and effort were never considered.

I wonder how much the NEA has contributed to the sponsors of this bill.

 This is THE stupidest bill I ever saw coming from a Democrat...........and the NEA didn't contribute one thin dime to this bill........Sen. Rebekah Warren had a 'brain fart'!

 Here we go, let's just jump off the bridge to Greece!!

 

 Just when will you idiots in Lansing get the thought that we the people of this state are in dire financial stress right now? Just where do you think that we will ever continue to come up with more and more dollars to hand out to you idiots for your crackpot ideas? How or why do you think that these kids who are still going to high school need to be paid to continue on with their education? I believe that when my kids were going to school they got their ambition and drive from their parents, not from a bribe from the government. I now live on a fixed income, I don't have the ability to go out to the back yard and pick dollars off of the money tree. I don't have a printing press in my basement where I can just go down there and print up more money to pay for gas, food, taxes and the like. Just when will you people ever get the hint that we are hurting and that we can't afford any more taxes and survive. Is it any wonder why this state and the entire nation is in the state that it is. Get a life and leave us taxpayers alone.

The NEA may not have contributed specifically to this bill, but they heavily support Democrats, who in turn, produce stupid bills like this. Democrats can never get enough of other peoples money.. 

 Click on the link to SB 1017. They want to appoint a commision of "economists" from our  state universitys to conduct a study to detremine which of our exemptions should be sacrificed in order to fatten their wallets and increase the size of thier liberal indoctrination centers.

"This list of so-called “tax expenditures” from which this money would come includes both corporate welfare subsidies and tax breaks, and potential expansions of various taxes paid by individuals (larger items include repeal of the 18 mill principle residence property tax exemption, the income tax personal exemption, and the sales tax on food exemption; the list also includes many smaller and more obscure items)."

Your tribute to politicians and educators will be increased along with the increased risk of losing your home.

This is not about education, it's about power and money.

Really?! Another liberal attempting to get re-elected by appealing to the masses that really expect something for nothing. If this bill passes, I will sell my principle residence and move out of this state. I'm retired and loss of this tax break, will seriously eat into my fixed income. While I feel for those poor, bright, high school kids that can't afford to go to college, I am also very proud of my children that are working two or more part time jobs to pay for their college education. Let's fix our broken economy and create jobs, not create more government handouts!

Just where do you think that we will ever continue to come up with more and more dollars to hand out to you idiots for your crackpot ideas? How or why do you think that these kids who are still going to high school need to be paid to continue on with their education, especially for our future, even for our next 2013 calendar year? I believe that when my kids were going to school they got their ambition and drive from their parents, not from a bribe from the government. I now live on a fixed income, I don't have the ability to go out to the back yard and pick dollars off of the money tree.

I don't think that these money for every high-school graduates is going to do any justice with our money. My daughter is preparing for an university degree at a local high-school and she struggle so hard with our poor finances. Wouldn't it be more fair to offer a variety of options for all this kind of deserving kids?