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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of the resentment comes from people who are in between "have" and "have not." That is, people who make healthy incomes but also have high expenses and private school is still a financial strain, even if they have the means. The very rich can write a check for $30k with no problem. The very poor get a hand out. So, like Romney, the very middle class (!) don't care about either group.[/quote]

Maybe I misunderstood and this is your point, but the ire shouldn't come from "people who are in between "have" and "have not." That is, people who make healthy incomes but also have high expenses and private school is still a financial strain, even if they have the means" - it should be directed at those people.  To me, you've exactly described the $250k HHI family who has the expensive house and lives pretty high on the hog, but still applies for and feels entitled to financial aid because their expenses are so high.  But those expenses are choices, and why should others chip in for them because they absolutely HAVE to live in a $850K house?  I would much, much rather financial aid go to kids whose parents have a HHI of $100k.

We make about $250k HHI, and have positioned ourselves so that we could pay tuition out of pocket.  That involves planning ahead, purchasing a much less expensive house that we "could have," and generally prioritizing education above a lot of things.  So it really irks me when people blather on about "you can't get a house for under $750k" and how they simply couldn't pay tuition on their salaries.  I get that you didn't plan ahead, and I get that your current expenses make it difficult to impossible to afford the full tuition.  But those ARE choices, and I don't think your lack of foresight, or prioritizing things other than education, entltle you to FA, especially when it's subsidized by families like mine, who make the same HHI but made choices that allowed us to afford the school.  The daughter of the bricklayer?  By all means, she should get FA.  [/quote]

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