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October 18, 2012
Election 2012: Romney vs. Obama Don't stay stuck in the rut of "I am a Republican, I'm voting for Romney" or "I am a Democrat, I'm voting for Obama." Voting is personal and a civic duty to you and your country. Get informed. Here is the skinny on some big issues: Strengthened the Pell Grant program. Increased funding by 95 percent, which helped nearly 10 million students.
Wants to "strengthen and simplify" the financial aid system, and will welcome private sector participation. In place of Obamacare, policies to give each state the power to craft a health care reform based on their own citizens' need will be pursued.
Obama's federal health care plan requires free preventative care for services such as mammograms; young adults are covered by their parents until 26.
Wants to fully commit to a robust, multi-layered national ballistic-missile defense system to deter and defend against nuclear attacks on our homeland and our allies.
In 2010, President Obama announced an international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials and proliferation of nuclear weapons in Iran and North Korea in four years.
Makes permanent acrosss-the-board 20 percent tax cuts in marginal rates.
Cut taxes by $3,600 for middle class families making $50,000 a year.
Information compiled by Brittany Patrick from the candidates' respective websites.
Prop 38 looks to restore K-12 funding By Latisha Gibson lgibson.connect@gmail
If Proposition 38 is passed, schools from K-12 will have their funding restored and expanded, according to the official voter information guide. Proposition 38 raises $10 billion a year for schools, puts it into a secure trust fund that politicians can’t touch and distributes the money evenly on a per-child basis to every public school, according to California State Parent Teacher Association website. According to the official voter’s guide, Proposition 38 is the
Proposition 38 - State Tax Increase Income
$7,316
$43,104
$2 million +
(Lowest Bracket)
(California Average)
(Highest Bracket)
0.04%
1.4%
2.2%
Tax Increase
*Note: The % tax increase is relative to your personal income. Compiled by Josh Slowiczek from Fox News, the California Budget and the Legislative Analyst's Office.
only education initiative on the ballot because it guarantees that new education dollars go straight to every local school and can be used to restore cuts to improve student learning. If the proposition passes,
Students find shortcuts on a small budget
personal income tax rates will be increased at all income levels, with the wealthiest Californians paying the most, according to the official voter’s guide. “Both Propositions 30 and 38 would provide increased funding
20-year-old film and television production major. Sava said that she has difficulty cutting back on spending money due to being a student and working. “It’s hard when you have to commute for a job and forced to fill up your gas tank almost everyday, especially with gas prices right now,” said Sava. With school tuition and textbook prices Joshua Lee going up because of the school’s budget cuts, jlee.connect@gmail Sava says she feels frustrated. “It's actually really frustrating, especially Being a college student isn’t as easy as it when they say we have no money then they used to be, nor is it as cheap. start building more things,” said Sava. According to the California CommuOn top of school tuition, book fees and nity Colleges Chancellor’s Office, funding for the cost of transportation, students struggle to California community colleges has been cut keep up on payments and other things outside by $809 million, causing tuition to go up and of school. making it difficult for students to pay school According to Bank of America, the best tuition while working. way for college students to budget their money “It's hard working and paying for every- is by creating a list of things that are important thing on my own when every year, the cost such as bills, while also leaving some money of classes raises up more,” said Renee Sava, a for social and entertainment activities and eat-
for public education. Proposition 30 would include community colleges, while Proposition 38 focuses on the K-12 sector,” said history professor Jason Newman. “Although the propositions >>Prop 38, Page 2
ing at home instead of going out to eat. Early childhood education major Cathy Chao, 20, said that she cuts back on spending money by going to her friend’s house to cook instead of going out and spending so much money on meals. Shawn Cha, a 20-year-old biological psychology major, said that working a part-time job isn’t enough to help with bills. “I have to pay bills such as school bills, car bills, phone bills and house bills so it’s hard to keep up with payments,” said Cha. He said he makes a list of what he needs, how much it cost and how much money he has left over to spend. Even though Cha manages to create a budget, he still struggles with money because of school textbooks. He said he hates how expensive textbooks are and how cheap the school buys books back at the end of the semester. “It just makes being a college student that much harder,” said Cha.
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