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I'd be happy to just get rid of the FASA system which assumes family stability.

A good friend of mine has to estrange herself from her family since they were extremely abusive. If someone is mistreating you,the only real option is to leave.

But in America you basically can't get college aid if you don't talk to your parents until your 24.

We should give everyone aid for college regardless of income. Hell, this would even help intact middle class families.

Just because your household income is 200k doesn't mean you have a spare 30k per child to attend college. These middle class households are taxed to pay for everyone's else's education anyway.




I fell into exactly one of those traps because financial aid was predicated on a parental contribution that was not really possible (because my mother had to spend that money on her own uncovered medical expenses). I know many others who have also been denied the aid they needed, and no few who received aid they didn't need. Basically every system in the US - not just education and health care but also housing, transportation, 90% of the legal system, etc. - is set up to create an interlocking set of burdens and traps for those who don't already have the means to rise above them.


Same here, I ended up dropping out of college at 22 and by the time I came back to finish I was making six figures.

I don't really think a lot of these systems are intentionally malicious, But they assume a very specific type of family structure.

If you don't have stable parents, even just tracking them down to ask him to fill out a FAFSA can be impossible.

We have the money as a society, if you do something stupid, they'll find $70,000 a year to lock you up.




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