SUNY Students Unite to Fight Tuition Increase
Just got word that the SUNY lobby day to fight the tuition tax on students will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 from 1130 AM until 5 PM in Albany. The event is being called SUNYpalooza and is seeking to represent all 64 SUNY campuses.
This lobbying effort is important to keeping public education in this state affordable and telling the governor that SUNY is not the place to go to look for tax money.
For those who haven't been following the story, Governor Paterson recently enacted a tuition increase that will see 90% of the increase leave the SUNY system and go into a general state fund. In essence, the state is taxing New Yorkers to go to school at the public universities.
Please try to attend this event and tell the legislature to stop raiding SUNY funds and make an investment in our future.
What: SUNYpalooza SUNY Lobby Day to Fight Tuition Increase
Where: Capitol in Albany
Time: 1130 AM - 500PM
Questions: Contact Danielle McMullen
Vice President, SUNY Potsdam Student Association, mcmull35@potsdam.edu
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“The CBO found the Recovery Act is responsible for 600,000 to 1.6 million jobs and has raised GDP by 1.2 to 3.2 percent. Without the Recovery Act these jobs would have either disappeared or never existed in the first place and this positive economic growth would not have been possible.
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