<p>You would think that people could look these things up for themselves.</p>
<p>Obama will create a new American Opportunity Tax Credit worth $4,000 in exchange for community service. It will cover two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college tuition completely free for most students.</p>
<p>Recipients of this credit will be required to conduct 100 hours of public service a year, either during the school year or over the summer months.</p>
<p>Free money, I’d take that, as a mooch 
But speaking for the nation as a whole, it’s really disturbing the promise of $4000 available for so many in the midst of an environment of declining tax revenues when we’ve got bigger priorities than making sure kids don’t have to pay student loans like their parents did.</p>