<p>How is that flipping the script to believe that the government should honor its commitments while still not ripping off its own citizens? To most of us, those two ideals would go hand in hand and not contradiction.</p>
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<p>More or less. I would tread lightly if I were before you get plastered by the red guards over here…</p>
<p>besides, this isnt the proper forum for political debates. if you want to argue the merits of the current financial aid (aka soak the working rich) scam then you should take it to the Election & Politics subforum where it belongs. regardless of however you or I may feel, this forum is for a different purpose (getting students help with financial aid and scholarships, of course).</p>
<p>A parent, a sister, a brother, and the OP all in college at the same time. The brother that changed his mind about attending this year and screwed up everybody’s FAFSA must really feel left out.</p>
<p>The student is upset because his “financial aid entitlements” are being reduced and then is (hypocritically) bashing an entitlement system.</p>
<p>I’m not a fan of Pell when qualifying doesn’t require both parents’ incomes - when both parents are in the child’s life. I know way too many kids who get Pell because their custodial parent is their lower income moms, but they have very involved high income dads. The Cal Grant system probably works the same way. That is ridiculous.</p>
<p>and thats precisely the point the OP is making. people who have jobs and who are working have to pay to support someone who simply prefers to spend their own money on something else. how is that fair? what is the point of ANYONE working a high-income job if they’re just going to have 50%+ of it taken away and given away to someone with more “need” (translation: the right background, and who happens to know how to “game the system”) If you want to look at why college is so expensive, look at programs like this that that just throws buckets of taxpayer money at people who don’t work.</p>
<p>Actually, that isn’t what he said in his original post. He was concerned about losing his financial aid due to a sibling no longer in college - and was told that to keep it would be fraud.</p>
<p>No… it’s my money. My parents and I gave this government over $50,000 in taxes last year. </p>
<p>No, I’m not looking for anyone else’s money. I just want to be permitted to keep some on my own and not give every penny to the under acheivers and those who spent whatever they earned.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ll shut up. Some of you are really angry and I’m sorry I gave you someone to be angry at. Didn’t expect to find such narrow minded hate here.</p>
<p>No one is going to take your subsidized loans away because your sibling is not attending college. That is the only government money you would be qualified for if your parents are paying that much in taxes.</p>
<p>You might lose institutional grants - which is not government money but private money, which the school can disburse as it pleases.</p>
<p>But I doubt you are eligible for much of that if your parents are truly paying that much in taxes.</p>
<p>Your story is not believable. In your parents’ tax bracket you won’t lose a dime due to a sibling not attending college.</p>