Tax credit programs allow those applicable for a credit to subtract the value from their annual tax payment, or claim it as a deduction. So if you were required to pay $5,000 in taxes this year and you received the $4,000 tax credit that Obama proposes for students, you would only have to pay $1,000 in taxes. Many politicians, including Obama, favor providing tax credits to college students in exchange for public service. However, some college administrators state that tax credit programs force an increase in overall student tuition.
Obama wants to increase tax credits, McCain states he wants to simplify them, but by simplify, does he mean eliminate? Find out in Part 2 of Mason Votes series on College Affordability.
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have had plenty to say about Wall Street and Main Street, but they have said little about how the economic situation makes it difficult for students who want to live on University Row. Though college students are expected to be a deciding factor in a number of states, including Virginia, the issue of college tuition barely shows up on both candidates’ radars.
This is Part 1 in a five part series on how the presidential candidates plan to help students pay for college. This section focuses on the College Cost Reduction Act and federal grants.
ABC’s John Stossel briefs viewers on some of the big issues in the election in a 20/20 special series The Politically Incorrect Guide to Politics. YouTube videos are below and you can find higher quality video at the 20/20 website.
More than 200 people crowded into the Johnson Center Atrium to watch the third and final presidential debate between Candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. Leading into their final meeting, hopes were high that gloves would come off and answers would be pointed. Although there were moments where it seemed that such hopes would come to fruition, according to a Mason Votes poll, viewers came away disappointed.
Mason Votes’ polls also showed there was no clear overall debate winner. The complete live blog is available on the Mason Votes’ website.
When Hurricane Katrina ravaged America’s Gulf Coast, it laid bare an uncomfortable reality—America is not only far from the world’s wealthiest nation; it is crumbling beneath a staggering burden of individual and government debt. Maxed Out takes us on a journey deep inside the American debt-style, where everything seems okay as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Sure, most of us may have that sinking feeling that something isn’t quite right, but we’re told not to worry. After all, there’s always more credit!
Maxed Out shows how the modern financial industry really works, explains the true definition of “preferred customer” and tells us why the poor are getting poorer and the rich getting richer. By turns hilarious and profoundly disturbing, Maxed Out paints a picture of a national nightmare which is all too real for most of us.
Mason Votes’ roundtable podcast with representatives from Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University. Are there “women’s issues?” If so, what are they?
George Mason University will be holding a debate watch party for the third and last presidential debate. The event start at 8 p.m. in the Johnson Center Atrium with a live panel of three speakers and will be followed by CSPAN coverage of the debate at 9 p.m.
The panel’s speakers will be Bassam Haddad, Director of the Middle East Studies Program, Rutledge Dennis, Professor Sociology and Anthropology, and Kmt Shockley, Professor of Educational Transformation.
During the debate, Mason Votes will be hosting a Live Blog, an interactive forum to express views about the debate as it happens. All are invited to participate.
Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader and his running mate, Matt Gonzalez, will be at George Mason University this Sunday. The event, entitled “Jail Time, Not Bail Time: an End to Corporate and Two-Party Rule,” will be held in the Student Union II Ballroom at 5:30 p.m.
