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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is exactly what I have been saying.

Hard working tax paying middle class should be rewarded not punished for the society and country to be healthy.

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Implying that low-income families aren’t hardworking or taxpaying.[/quote]

I didn't say that, but middle class is surely getting punished.

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Real middle class are getting financial aid.  You mean wealthy DCUM middle class who live in million dollar homes and choose not to save and yet demand their kids go to the most expensive schools.  The rest of us, who are real middle class live within our means, or under our means to save for state school.[/quote]

If "real middle class" families are getting financial aid and you are "real middle class", wouldn't you get financial aid at private colleges and wouldn't need to scrape together the money for state school? I feel like you're just describing the financial situation of most MC/UMC DCUMers who cannot afford private college tuition and are instead looking at in-state or OOS/private with merit. [/quote]

A lot of the private colleges are "need aware" in admissions or do not meet full need.  Also, student loans up to the maximum are often the first layer of financial aid, followed by work-study before you get grants, this is especially true at many OOS public schools.   If your middle income family kids gets into Harvard or Yale, yes they will be funded well without loans, but everyone knows what a crapshoot getting admitted to a school like that is. Because in state schools cost less overall you don't run into these issues. (Not to mention middle class families may not be able to afford the travel costs to further away schools).[/quote]

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