Again, I fail to see the relevance. There are undergraduates who work that much. Not to mention that no one forces you to do graduate school. Why should gradua

Again, I fail to see the relevance. There are undergraduates who work that much. Not to mention that no one forces you to do graduate school. Why should graduate students alone get this benefit? For doing work they signed up for? Should university employees also not be taxed? There are tons of low paid researchers. Adjunct professors, etc. Graduate students can just take loans out like everyone else (not that I like loans) You literally haven't given a reason for their special treatment. I think you're blind to the reality because you happened to go through grad school. Finally, only top stem programs are funded. Most grad students, even phds, get loans. There's zero reason to discriminate on this.