Path: utzoo!dciem!client2!kevin
From: kevin@client2.DRETOR.UUCP (Socrates)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: The Taxman Cometh for NSERC Award Recipients
Message-ID: <2479@client2.DRETOR.UUCP>
Date: 5 Sep 89 13:29:08 GMT
References: <655@sce.carleton.ca>
Reply-To: kevin@client2.dciem.dnd.ca (Socrates)
Distribution: can
Organization: NTT SYSTEMS INC.
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In article <655@sce.carleton.ca> bond@sce.carleton.ca (Greg Bond) writes:
>brian@jtsv16.UUCP (Brian A. Jarvis) writes:
>>From 'way back in high school, the poverty line was defined to be spending
>>about 2/3 of your income on necessities:  housing, clothing, food.
>
>o for areas with populations of over 500 000 the low income line for an
>individual in 1989 is $12 037 (this figure is based on a projected inflation
>
>An NSERC postgraduate scholarship is either $12 500 or $13 500 (effective

This is an interesting argument but it fails to take into account one very
important point.  A person with an income of $12 037 is *not* committed to
over $1000 in school expenses.  NSERC is not granted to someone not in
school!  Therefore, the *actual* income of someone possessing a $12 500
NSERC scholarship is more on the order of $11 000.  (Not to mention the
possible added expenses incurred as a result of being forced to live in a
more expensive area in order to be close to the school.  For example, a
person from Dundalk being forced to live in or around the University of
Toronto.)

Disclaimer:  Granted that a University education is not a right, especially
a graduate degree, but forcing those desiring the degree to live at a
below-poverty level is extremely counter-productive.  (After all, they will
be earning a higher salary and contributing more to the government later :-)

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