Same reason why the Trump Tax cuts almost made PhD tuition waivers taxable.
1) Tech workers are liberals
2) Liberals being owned is good if you're an administration consumed with punishing your enemies and enriching your allies
#2 is also why SALT deduction was curtailed, to punish blue states. While I think that's accidentally good policy, it made people mad enough to flip the House in 2018.
1) Tech workers are liberals
2) Liberals being owned is good if you're an administration consumed with punishing your enemies and enriching your allies
#2 is also why SALT deduction was curtailed, to punish blue states. While I think that's accidentally good policy, it made people mad enough to flip the House in 2018.