On March 24, 2011, the "TexasGovtsa" blog posted up a article titled "Conservative Republicans or Liberal Democrat" by Stephanie. The article is about Rep. Jim Murphy proposing House Bill 1454 which raises hotel taxes. Once he was voted by the people he turned around and is trying to raise taxes.
Stephanie's intended audience are voters. She trying to say that people vote for politicians because they say there going to help them but at the end they do what's best for themselves.
I agree with Stephanie about feeling betrayed because if I voted for a person that said he was going to help me and then turn his back on me I would be mad.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Higher Tuition
The article "Tuition going up at ACC, could go higher" posted by Ralph K.M. Haurwitz on Tuesday April 5, 2011 is about Austin Community College chairman Barbara Mink approving the raising of Austin Community College tuition. They are raising the tuition by 5 dollars a credit hour. I think this is bad because not only is Austin Community College going through hard times but us, the students are also going through the same thing. It won't hurt me much because I am only taking one class. I think that this will affect full time students a lot financially because not only will they have to pay more for school but they will also have to pay their increased living expenses such as transportation and housing. This raise in tuition might force full time students to take less courses in the following year in order to pay their other expenses. The article also said that it will also raise the tuition again in the following year. So this only means that it can only get worse for full time students.
I think that Austin Community College is trying hard not to raise the tuition by cutting back on expensive equipment and technology but they need to find a way to lower the tuition or keep it the way it is. This makes it harder for people to stay in school when they keep on raising the tuition because a lot of people don't live near the campus and have to drive a long way to get there and this might be tough to handle since the gas prices keep getting higher.
I think that Austin Community College is trying hard not to raise the tuition by cutting back on expensive equipment and technology but they need to find a way to lower the tuition or keep it the way it is. This makes it harder for people to stay in school when they keep on raising the tuition because a lot of people don't live near the campus and have to drive a long way to get there and this might be tough to handle since the gas prices keep getting higher.
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