Discgfr's blog post about immigration laws was very well written and I agree that Texas should have something similar to the Arizona immigration law. I am not saying we should do the exact same thing that Arizona has because they do have some flaws in there bill. For example, police can ask anybody who looks suspicious for identification that they are a legal American. I don't know about you, but I do not carry my birth certificate or passport around. This law is supposed to be aimed towards ALL illegal immigrants, but people from Mexico are a lot more noticeable than people from Canada. So more often than not, its going to be the Mexicans being asked for identification and that is not fair.
But we do need to do something about illegal immigration because it is hurting Americans. It is unfair that we have to pay our tax money to keep these immigrants in jail and to pay for there welfare when they don't have to pay for taxes themselves. The immigrants used to take the jobs that Americans did not want, but now with the high unemployment rate, people will take whatever they can get. But with illegal immigrants they are taking our jobs that our Americans need right now.
I also welcome anyone who wants to come to the U.S. for a better opportunity, but why not go about the right way? Just like Discglfr says, they should go through naturalization, and citizenship, and get document. I would also like to see them learn our native language. Maybe we should make it a required class before they can become a citizen.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
ACC Tuition Increases
Once again daily costs keep increasing but our income stays the same.
Austin Community College, and 49 other community college districts in Texas, gets most of its funding from state appropriations, local property taxes, and students' tuition and fee payments. ACC officials said property tax revenue and state appropriations are expected to decline in the budget year beginning in September. So they have decided to raise our tuition.
Austin Community College students who live within its taxing district will pay $9 more for a typical three-credit class starting this fall. Tuition is also going up for students who live outside the taxing district but within the state. Such students will pay $13 more per credit, meaning that a typical course will cost $498 — 8.5 percent more than the current charge of $459.
The raise is not a big increase but a little bit here and there could prevent some students from going to college because they cant afford it. This is also an unfair raise for the people who live in the taxing district because they are already paying for the taxes that should be going to the school.
One other thing being done is having petitions signed by Hays school district residents who want to have an election on joining the college's taxing territory. This will mean more taxpayers money coming in.
Austin Community College, and 49 other community college districts in Texas, gets most of its funding from state appropriations, local property taxes, and students' tuition and fee payments. ACC officials said property tax revenue and state appropriations are expected to decline in the budget year beginning in September. So they have decided to raise our tuition.
Austin Community College students who live within its taxing district will pay $9 more for a typical three-credit class starting this fall. Tuition is also going up for students who live outside the taxing district but within the state. Such students will pay $13 more per credit, meaning that a typical course will cost $498 — 8.5 percent more than the current charge of $459.
The raise is not a big increase but a little bit here and there could prevent some students from going to college because they cant afford it. This is also an unfair raise for the people who live in the taxing district because they are already paying for the taxes that should be going to the school.
One other thing being done is having petitions signed by Hays school district residents who want to have an election on joining the college's taxing territory. This will mean more taxpayers money coming in.
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