October 27, 2000

Al Gore's Proposed Tax Credit for Tuition

To the Editor:

Even loyal Democrats should demand that Vice President Al Gore withdraw his tuition-tax-credit proposal ("Gore's Controversial Priorities for Higher Education," September 15). ...

Gore has proposed a $10,000 tax deduction for college tuition. Yet a recent U.S. News & World Report survey indicates that in California, for example, fewer than 100,000 students actually attend institutions where the tuition is $10,000 or more. ... This is only 5 percent of

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