As the nation marches bravely, if naively, forward toward greater inequality and class distinctions with the current tax “reform” package now before Congress, education, along with other programs for the Public Good such as health care, a clean environment and common spaces are suffering severely. It is our children, grandchildren and generations beyond that are going to bear the brunt of the $1.5 trillion economic costs and related communal degradation that will result.
To add insult to injury, Congress is now proposing to tax educational assistance given to struggling students in higher
