SENATE BILL: Independent Educational Institution Relief Act (Redraft Passed)

[President Tyrion]

For the record, this is what we would be repealing in full:

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And shua's text leaves the 3rd clause intact.

[President Tyrion]

You seem to be comparing tuition cost at other private universities with tuition cost at for-profit universities before the tuition tax, so I don't think that tells us how the tuition tax is affecting cost.   I'd say let's just go with the common sense observation of what we see with almost all taxes, particularly sales or excise taxes, which is that they get passed on to the person buying the product.

It would be good to find a way we can help students from being burdened by loans they won't be able to pay back, but the current tax doesn't help with that at all.

The university market is not perfectly competitive nor remotely homogenous, so the assumption that the cost to bear on such a tax falls squarely on the consumer is not necessarily validated by macroeconomic theory. It could be true, but it's not fair to assume it.

[President Tyrion]

Nay, but I'd still vote against the final bill

[President Tyrion]

Object on the grounds that athletics are a student program and thus the athletics department is going to be looked at like an "easy out" to solve the taxation issue

[President Tyrion]

Object on the grounds that athletics are a student program and thus the athletics department is going to be looked at like an "easy out" to solve the taxation issue

do you prefer we stay with my original bill?

I'm not sure I could vote for either, frankly.

[President Tyrion]

Nay

[President Tyrion]

Aye

But considering the voting pattern, I'm worried I might be missing something

[President Tyrion]

I seem to get on both sides of the vote rather often

[President Tyrion]

Moving to the center to run for President?

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You wouldn't believe how many times I've voted on both sides of the issue because I have the interests of ALL Atlasians at heart.

[President Tyrion]

Nay, but I would consider supporting such a redraft, Duke

[President Tyrion]

AYE

And we have yet another tie unless a vote changes. This vote ends in four days.

5 left, 5 right tends to do that

[President Tyrion]

Aye