Pell Grants need to be declared unconstitutional for several reasons. 1) government monies should go for public/government purposes, not for private charity that benefits individuals. 2)It’s political , often racial...and UNFAIR because Pell Grants are based on “need” & unlike food, shelter or clothing or emergency healthcare... college is not the same kind of “need” & Pell Grants are based on your parents’ income, which is irrelevant.
All college students are equally poor & are over 18 years old, so their parents income should not matter. College students are NOT legally entitled to any of their parents’ income, nor are parents legally obligated to pay for the college education of their children. Pell Grants allow the state to grant a free college education to the children of those who pay no taxes or the least amount of taxes-—on the backs of parents who pay the most taxes & receive the least from government. Often times, people getting Pell Grants have been on the government dole from birth...and now are getting a free college education, too. But all college students should be treated equally under the law and if one student gets a free college education on the state, then ALL college students should get free college paid for by the government. If equal protection belongs to same sex marriage....then equal protection should apply to paying for college, too. And as far as Pell Grants for prison inmates, where’s there any equal protection?
College students work their way through college to ay their way & barely have time to study...but people in prison for committing crimes should get accepted into college before they’ve even finished doing their time...and law-abiding tax-paying citizens on the outside should be forced to pay for the college education of prison inmates, whom the state thinks are more worthy recipients than our own children. I don’t think so. People should go to JAIL for giving government monies/public monies to pay for college education of criminals......
I remember back in my Junior year of college, I was standing in line to register for the next semester ( these were the early 80's when you had to fill out a form and they typed the info into the terminal and at the end of the line you paid the tuition ). Anyway, as I was standing there, there were 2 "youths" standing behind me. One was complaining to the other that his Pell grant was a week late. In the next sentence his said his GPA for that semester was a 1.98 ( and he seemed proud of it ). Steam started coming out of my ears. I had a 3.8 GPA and was not eligible for 1 penny of government aid. I paid my tuition the old fashioned way. I worked and saved every penny I made.