Top Tweets for #GradStudentTax
The #GradStudentTax? Gone.
The #StudentBan? Gone for now.
We're 2-0.
Don't worry. We'll be ready for whatever comes next.
Let's just say I'm not planning on being 2-1.
#BringItOn
Nice thread here on steps you can take to stop the #StudentBan. This policy will either:
- Force international students out of our country (lots of negative consequences)
- Force schools to go in-person (putting lives in danger)
We stopped #gradstudenttax let’s stop this
Well, it finally happened. This #ICE International #StudentBan got me back into the “organizing effective lobbying action via twitter” game.
Want to make sure our lovely international students can keep their visas? Here’s how to do it:
THREAD.
https://t.co/k8xmv5dNyE
1/14
@natagp Hey, thanks for sharing this thread from @ChrisMarsicano. Read the whole version here: https://t.co/NwIRqmO6Un #ICE #StudentBan #GradStudentTax #VOTE
OpEds are actually one of the best tools around to beat the #StudentBan. They were a huge tool in opposing the #GradStudentTax in ’17, and are shockingly powerful.
(Here’s one I wrote back then for an example).
https://t.co/J08OYbQmLH
8/14
In 2017, I offered some advice in a twitter thread about how graduate students could stop the #GradStudentTax. Well, we won that battle. So, let’s buckle up and use the same principles to win this one against the #StudentBan.
https://t.co/HzANyLy0Ht
3/14
As y'all know, I study higher ed lobbyists and used to work for one. A friend asked how I would lobby against the Graduate School Tuition Waiver Tax if I were still in the game. I thought about it, and here’s how I would tell students to oppose the #GradStudentTax (Thread): 1/19
Remember the #GradStudentTax? AFT union members played a huge roll in making sure that didn't happen! #AcademicTwitter #UnionPower
In the past decade, I:
- Played a role in helping a small HBCU thrive
- Brought Nashville to Belfast
- Helped lead a national movement against the #GradStudentTax
- Finished 3 degrees including a PhD
- Taught hundreds of students at 3 institutions.
And most importantly...
1/2
It was today two years ago that we officially defeated the #GradStudentTax.
Thanks to all who marched, wrote letters, wrote op-eds, and took other action to make sure that grad students aren't taxed on a value 400% of what they actually earn.
@b_juice20 @ReadMoreScience Hi Sarah!
I work with lobbyists for higher education and was a big part of the opposition to the #gradstudenttax when the #TCJA was going through Congress. DM me, and we can set up a time to talk over the phone re: science advocacy. Thanks @b_juice20 for the tag!
@WH_DC @rkelchen @tlharnisch @etkeld @UniWatch .@RepRichmond played college ball for @Morehouse. @FiveThirtyEight recently published an analysis of the games. My favorite graphic is below.
@RepKevinBrady (led House TCJA effort and torpedoed the #GradStudentTax) is best GOPer - and he’s not close.
https://t.co/C9Iq4Ri7tT
.@sarahsmaga shared recent campaign that successfully helped stop #gradstudenttax. They did op-ed campaigns, phone banking, leveraged visibility of @Yale #AAASmtg
If you are a Beto fan and demoralized, don’t be. There is no way his campaign didn’t help pull this off.
For those who fought the #gradstudenttax with me, this news is bittersweet. Sessions is the Republican who lead the charge AGAINST the tax. Without him, it might have passed.
Former NFL player Colin Allred unseats GOP Rep. Pete Sessions, one of the most powerful Republicans in the House https://t.co/mXDbM73SCL
On #TaxDay, we remember that it was organizing and mobilizing by #gradworkers and others coast to coast that stopped the #GradStudentTax in its tracks. Our work is cut out for us - solidarity is the only way to make progress. An injury to one is an injury to all! #UnionStrong
My union delivered for me! The GOP wanted to raise my taxes by nearly $10,000. @AFTunion helped grad students organize to stop the #GradStudentTax. And we did.
Utah @RepMiaLove was on @jaketapper this AM. She’s one #gradschool students should know. In addition to being outspoken against the President’s description of Haiti and African nations as “s&’tholes”, she was one of the biggest GOP opponents to the #gradstudenttax in the House.
I received a number of emails and DMs from prospective international students when the #GradStudentTax was under consideration wondering whether they should continue their plans to study in America.
Read this thread.
@JuliusGoat quotes from DMs from international students who don't want to study in the United States anymore.
I received a # of similar DMs last month from prospective students asking whether or not they should come to the U.S. b/c of the #GradStudentTax. https://t.co/TMzeeTl4kS
They are going to make us a pariah state by the time they're done.
We haven't really absorbed the damage they've done. It goes far beyond the laws they actually pass.
They've changed what we mean in the world. https://t.co/RmEG4vbHRB
1) Moved in with my girlfriend in a new town. (And we're still together!)
2) Published in the @washingtonpost
3) Helped stave off the #GradStudentTax https://t.co/H8rv9kmyYA
“Innovation starts with people and ideas, and the United States must nurture our future innovators rather than risk losing them altogether” @aaas CEO @RushHolt tells lawmakers #GradStudentTax https://t.co/DNfyEoroZl
Last Seen Hashtags on Sotwe
Most Popular Users
Elon Musk 
@elonmusk
240.2M followers
Barack Obama
@barackobama
119.3M followers
Donald J. Trump
@realdonaldtrump
111.6M followers
Cristiano Ronaldo
@cristiano
109.1M followers
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
107M followers
Rihanna
@rihanna
97.3M followers
NASA
@nasa
92.1M followers
Justin Bieber
@justinbieber
90.6M followers
KATY PERRY
@katyperry
86.9M followers
Taylor Swift
@taylorswift13
80.7M followers
Lady Gaga
@ladygaga
72.3M followers
Kim Kardashian
@kimkardashian
69.4M followers
Virat Kohli
@imvkohli
68.7M followers
YouTube
@youtube
68.6M followers
Bill Gates
@billgates
63.5M followers
The Ellen Show
@theellenshow
62.5M followers
CNN
@cnn
61.9M followers
Neymar Jr
@neymarjr
61.3M followers
X
@x
60.9M followers
Selena Gomez
@selenagomez
60M followers