tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3274242872096677123..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: You're In High School And Think This Financial Mess Doesn't Apply To You?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-90009502455969871862008-10-05T13:34:00.000-07:002008-10-05T13:34:00.000-07:00Luckily, my oldest son graduates this May. We are ...Luckily, my oldest son graduates this May. We are glad to be out of it. But what's ironic is that he never really could get any financial aid other than loans, while people who were marginal students had grants, scholarships and such thrown at them. As my principal noted, if you make less than $40K, your kid can go to college essentially for free, but step over that line by one dollar and you are screwed. And the government doesn't really consider it a hardship if you have more than one kid in college. We had three this last year. Next year we will have one. I am not going to appreciate a program that takes taxes from me to subsidize others who don't pay their way simply because the brains in DC think of me as "rich".Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-87542165247454748942008-10-05T11:19:00.000-07:002008-10-05T11:19:00.000-07:00Yup. The local university has frozen funds because...Yup. The local university has frozen funds because they kept them in, yes, you guessed it, wachovia.rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.com