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Related: About this forumDemocrats slam tax break for conservative college
Democrats have taken to the Senate floor to attack a planned amendment to the tax bill that would give a break to a conservative college in Michigan.
Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Patrick Toomey acknowledged he'd sponsored the language and said Hillsdale College would benefit from it.
Toomey defended Hillsdale as "a wonderful institution" and said other schools might qualify for the tax break, too. His provision would shield schools that receive no federal aid from language in the bill that taxes the investment income of some colleges and universities.
Democrats say Toomey's provision was written in a way that only Hillsdale would qualify for the reduction. They complain that some well-known conservatives have connections to the school, including Trump administration Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Read more: http://napavalleyregister.com/business/the-latest-dems-slam-tax-break-for-conservative-college/article_04a6f709-2f12-55eb-9a59-bbba1e952f32.html
Roland99
(53,342 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Who is going to stop them?
ClarendonDem
(720 posts)Certainly deplorable, but can't see any constitutional issues.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)ClarendonDem
(720 posts)Never thought about it that way.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Imagine the outcry if Reid had tried that with, say, Berkeley
ClarendonDem
(720 posts)But that just makes it unfair, not unconstitutional.
On edit, I agree this is an awful change designed to solely benefit a conservative cause, but thats what happens when conservatives are in charge.