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Originally Posted by mooktarr
Jmo but this comes across about the same as a student getting a job.
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If I'm understanding you correctly, you're asking why the government should be paying college students $40/hour to do community service?
$40/hour ($4,000 credit/100 hours worked) < infinity ($2,000/0 hours worked) is one way of looking at it. Another, probably more fair, way of looking at is that they would be increasing the credit by $2000 and adding the service requirement of 100 hours for a $20/hour rate.
Hmm, let me split out my stance a bit better. At this point, I am neither for nor against the increase in the credit amount. With the escalating cost of higher education, I can certainly see an argument for increasing the limits just to keep pace. I can also see the argument for increasing it beyond the scope of the increases in education costs in order to pursue that stated goal of making college more affordable to those who otherwise may not be able to afford it. And a larger percentage of the populace with more education is a good thing. However, the money has to come from somewhere. More taxes, presumably. Is the additional tax really worth the additional benefit? Beats me.
Now for the community service portion. As the current system stands, the credit is given freely (Max of $1650 for Hope, max of $2000 for Lifetime Learning). The only thing you have to do to get the credit is have the right expenses and have earnings under a certain threshold. Making students serve the community for 100 hours (2 hours a week ain't [censored] - I still remember college - my friends spent at least 2 hours each week worshiping the porcelain goddess
) seems like a pretty reasonable demand in order to qualify. You don't want to do the service? No problem, just don't expect the assistance.
As to the overall debate of whether ANY education credits should exist.....I guess that's a debate for another day.
Wow.....glad the "quiz" in the first post sucked, because I am waaaay the hell off-topic now.
