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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are wealthy your kids should not be taking loans.  You should have saved for them.  This is 100% on you if your kids have loans.

Poor families cannot save enough so they get a break on the parent contribution part.

I grew up poor and had a full merit scholarship.  but started college savings for my kids when pregnant.  Make better life choices and your kids won’t be burdened.  The burden in YOUR choice.[/quote]

The parents already pay a lot more taxes for the society.

They shouldn't be liable for adult kid's higher education.

Something is working with the system in this country.
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What does a parent paying more for taxes have to do with private colleges?

Seems like you really want the US to become like the rest of the world and effectively nationalize private colleges.

All the top international universities are public.  However, even schools like Toronto or Cambridge or Oxford provide FA…it’s just that rack rate is much lower for citizens.[/quote]

Where have you been??
Private colleges became crybabies when Trump took away funding from them.
[b]The private colleges are utilizing my tax money.[/b]

I don't care what other countries do.
In this country, if you are rich, you are careless and if you are poor, they get free pass.
Hardworking taxpaying middle class is severely getting punished and fukced.

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It isn’t *your* money. It’s the government’s money. What a weird take on taxes.[/quote]

"What does a parent paying more for taxes have to do with private colleges?"

The private colleges are utilizing the tax I pay.
It has a lot to do with a parent paying taxes and the private colleges utilizing the taxes.

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I work for an agency that gave out contracts to private colleges (public ones too). These were STEM research grants that anyone could apply for. The federal government then used this research. It wasn't like Harvard itself got the money. The money went towards graduate students and professors working in labs associated with Harvard. The money didn't go towards tuition.

I think you're misunderstanding what and how private colleges got taxpayer funds. [/quote]

There's no misunderstanding. These private schools are not entitled to utilize the taxpayers money.
They get huge benefit form the taxpayers money.  Government that is run by the taxpayers money can stop the funding anytime.

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“Entitled”?  I’m not sure you understand how taxes and applying for research grants work, so let me repeat something that a PP has already tried to point out.  Taxpayer money may support specific students— who receive specific grants.Taxpayer money may also support specific projects — which apply for and compete for specific grants. Many important  scientific breakthroughs as well as training for professionals that many of us would view as critical — like physicians, other medical professionals, scientists, and the like — have benefitted from tax dollars, and then go on to benefit the public in multiple ways.   Which of these “huge benefit(s) from the taxpayers (sic) money” are you willing to give up PP?  Hint: If you’ve ever benefited in any way from any type of medical care — like, EVER — then you’ve benefited directly from someone’s tax dollars being used to support the public good.

What exactly do you think tax dollars should be used for?  Even if you choose, say, the military, you might want to look at the scientific and technological advances, as well as the health and training of the troops — that have benefited in multiple ways from taxpayer dollars that went to universities that then supported these advances.  No, these advances aren’t solely limited to private colleges, but look at public colleges and government agencies and count the leadership and the research that one way or another can be traced back to at least one private college.  Are you SURE that you want to give that up PP? What alternative models are you proposing?[/quote]

It doesn't need to go to specific private schools that don't meet government standards.
Trump was elected for reasons by taxpayers.[/quote]

I can tell that you carefully read this post before cutting and pasting your comment.

Lol Troll better PP. You can do it!

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