Posted on 01/27/2019 11:22:12 AM PST by Kaslin
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a Kansas state freshman Republican representative hopes to help struggling college students burdened by the already high cost of textbooks via tax relief. Rep. Rick Hoheisel suggests that Kansas exempt all textbooks from the statewide 6.5% sales tax, thus saving students money each year they buy new books for their curriculum.
Rep. Hoheisel is a recent college graduate and remembers quite well that he would have to shell out big bucks each year simply to afford required reading. While Kansas cannot control the price of textbooks directly, the state government can control the taxes imposed on said products.
“This is something we do have control over,” Hoheisel told local media. “We can help give college students a break. Textbooks, I believe, have gone up four times the rate of inflation.”
As reported by the Capital-Journal, "House Bill 2011 introduced by Hoheisel was forwarded to the House Taxation Committee. He requested a public hearing on the bill in February in conjunction with the annual higher education lobbying day, which draws dozens of college students to the Capitol."
Rep. Hoheisel also says the bill would incentivize students to spend more money within their college communities and purchase their class' books at local stores.
“If we give sales tax breaks on this, it might inspire them to go to the bookstore and buy the textbooks because they’re saving $30 there,” the Republican said.
A recent CBS report found that "despite growing online markets for discounted books, the average cost of college textbooks has risen four times faster than the rate of inflation over the past 10 years. That has caused 65 percent of students to skip buying required texts at some point in their college career because of a lack of affordability." Likewise, The College Advisory board found that "over the course of a year, the average college student spends more than $1,200 on books and materials."
Just wait.
They are probably biding their time.
Just wait.
They are probably biding their time.
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Oh yes, I notice the older and ‘slower’ I get, the more attention they seem to want.
Probably vying for who gets first bite when I fail to respond to their ‘reveille’ one morning.
I try to fake waking up but the head butts start...once nipping and licking starts it is time to get up....HA HA
Sounds like fun. I’ve five cats but they are feral and barn.
Two of them are quite tame and let me pet them and stroke them like house cats.
One will tolerate me touching if it is feeding, but generally shies away.
The other two are just plain wild and don’t even like to get with 8 feet of me even when they see me coming with food.
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