What is the _hopelm variable? Should it be removed?

[talumbau]

I noticed this commented out variable here:

#_hopelm = np.array([1200])

What is/was its purpose? Should we remove it?

[talumbau]

Would be interested in feedback from @feenberg on this issue. Deleting this variable soon if no input. (fyi @copper-head @MattHJensen )

[feenberg]

If this refers to the _hopelm variable, it is used only for 2002-2009, so
it may not be of interest to us:

array _hopelm{1998:2009} temporary;* limit for education expenses Hope credit;

The link below to Github isn't a valid link.

dan

On Fri, 24 Oct 2014, T.J. Alumbaugh wrote:

Would be interested in feedback from @feenberg on this issue. Deleting this
variable soon if no input. (fyi @copper-head @MattHJensen )

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[MattHJensen]

Turns out the Hope credit is scheduled to return (replacing American Opportunities Credit) in 2018 w/o Congressional intervention. I will add the logic back in.

[talumbau]

this variable is gone and there is a placeholder for the Hope credit. closing.