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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I should pay more in tuition so you can afford the car you want and people to clean your house?

Sheesh!  The self justifications in this thread boggle the mind.  Why not just say everyone else is doing it so why shouldn't I?[/quote]

Oh, so now we are not supposed to have a cars? I am SAHM  -- how am I going to take DC to after-school activities? Why should our car payments not count against the disposable income we have? The aid we get probably doesn't even amount to much more than our car payments -- it's very modest. Are we supposed to stop paying my mom's mortgage and just put her in a retirement home which will be much worse than the house she lives in now? And DH is just supposed to quit his job bc of mandatory retirement contributions. I don't get the hostility. Anyone can apply for aid and the school decides. They know our financial situation and DH's situation.      [/quote]

Car payment? Frugal people pay for inexpensive cars with cash. Cleaners? Frugal people clean their own houses. Big mortgage? You must have thought there were no houses out there for less than $1M. You are really getting into "let them eat cake" territory here. [/quote]

There are no houses in NW DC in our target area were all $1.2-$1.7.  We are on the lower end of that. Hardly a mansion.  [/quote]

Surely, surely this is a troll post aimed at pissing people off. Someone with a $1 million + house, hundreds of thousands in retirement and a housecleaner is on FA? That's outrageous. Absolutely mind blowing. Why on earth would someone with such a high income take aid, even if it were offered? What would even compel you to apply?What kind of school would allow this? Are there truly no needy applicants to this school or are they just that well off in terms of endowments? My DH and I both work two jobs to help afford private school rather than send our kids to our poor performing and overcrowded zoned public. And when DH misses the bus because his night shift runs long, he walks miles home. And it's worth it! We're really grateful for the FA we receive and the kids' school for offering the assistance. We know plenty of people who are not so fortunate...tried for FA at schools in the hopes of giving their kids a better chance at life and were told that they actually needed too much aid. And you, to whom so much was given (and, in fairness to your spouse, likely well earned), you act as if you are entitled to much, much more. Have you no shame? Obviously not.  [/quote]

Great. Someone receiving FA criticizing someone else receiving FA.  Yea, we dont really want to hear from either of you.  [/quote]

Totally disagree. If people game the system it leaves less money for those who actually need it. [/quote]

Exactly! FA is designed to help the truly needy, not the greedy.  [/quote]

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