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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Genuine question here. I'm the PP who puts a substantial amount aside for retirement. What do you think is an appropriate amount?  Do you think that I should be saving zero for retirement? Because that's pretty much the same as saying that middle-class FA shouldn't exist, because prudent parents would never take that deal.

What about people with pension plans, not 401ks? Should some kind of extra income be imputed to them?

You're making some fine judgements here.  I suggest that the FA departments also care about fairness and sustainability, and that they make these decisions with their years of experience in mind. [/quote]
Genuine question here.  What about families that don't even have jobs providing 401ks?  Or don't have enough to full pay for private, let alone even think about setting money aside for retirement?  [b]How much FA should they be getting compared to you?[/b][/quote]

Uh, they should get more.  What's your point?[/quote]

You do realize that the money has to come from somewhere and, even the wealthiest schools, don't have unlimited FA budgets.  Everyone wants everything for free, or as close to it as possible, but that just isn't feasible.[/quote]

Right, I mean if only there were schools out there that were FREE!

Sorry for the snark, but for all the public school parents out there this is such a tempest in a teapot. Fine, you can all squabble about who's going to buy that Range Rover of an education with whose money, or you can just deal and drive that Ford like the rest of us. I am sympathetic if you live in a truly failing school district, but to be honest most of you probably don't.[/quote]

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