The Atlantic: The Republican War on College.
Nearly 150,000 graduate students, many of whom represent the future of scientific and academic research, don’t pay tuition in exchange for teaching classes or doing other work at university. The GOP tax plan would treat their unpaid tuition as income. So, imagine you are a graduate student earning $30,000 from your school for teaching, while attending a $50,000 program. Under current law, your taxable income is $30,000. Under the GOP tax plan, your taxable income is $80,000. Your tax bill could quadruple.
Repubs have been trying to kill financial aid since the '60's, at least. The Pell Grant's been on life support for my entire existence. And look at what it hath wrought in our society, this anti-intelligence crusade.