I do understand your point, but the bottom line is that the government just assumes that if your parents have money, you are getting your school paid for and don't need aid.  My husband and I got married while still in college.  We had a yearly income that year of $6000 combined.  And I got ZERO financial aid that year...more

Both my brother and my husband have "blue-collar" jobs that pay more than my "white-collar" ones! [Yes, I need 3 white-collar jobs to make the ends meet and I supplement with a 4th "blue-collar" job.]  Blue collar is not as bad as everyone thinks and in the end, you hear of a lot more "white-collar" crooks than "blue-c...more

Absolutely right on!  My experience was the same!  My husband and I just attended his 10 year class reunion and those entitlement-minded, spoiled, drunken, wasteful and lazy students are just now entitlement-minded, spoiled, drunken, wasteful, and lazy almost 30 year-olds!

I loved your article!  I worked and paid my own way through college and my masters degree.  I am still paying on it because of the fact that I worked all through high school and saved for my education and therefore qualified for absolutely no financial aid.  Our government system is so screwed up that they reward peopl...more