[johnny7]

“Medicare exists only because the government provides it.”

Bet you thought it had something to do with 'taxes'.

“ ...the private sector won't provide enough health coverage at decent cost.”

It's that damn 'profit thing'! If we got rid of it, we could be on the road to Utopia!

“We shouldn't displace our concerns into a generalized loathing of "the government."

That's blasphemy! We owe ALL to the state!

Right out of Kuttner Kommunism 101.

[Piquaboy]

Some of the free rides are over, so what? Would be terrible to have to go to work to pay your way through college as my grandkids did.

[patriciaruth]

Just a couple years ago they were crying about how the Bush administration wasn't creating ways for people to sacrifice for the war effort.

This looks like a nice sacrifice. You don't get drafted, but you don't get a cushy billet at a college either.

If you really want an education, and don't want to work at MacDonald's to put yourself through, you can always join the Army.

[Mr. K]

geez how do morons like this get a job?

[CaptRon]

His claim about the Pell Grants is false. The Washington Post reported this and had to retract it. Pell Grants have acutally increased.

[Bahbah]

"Betsy Newmark wrote us to point out that her daughter's blog had reported on an error committed on Friday by the Washington Post: an error that resulted in this anti-administration headline: "Change Means Fewer Students Will Be Eligible For Pell Grants". The article claimed that 80,000 to 90,000 low-income students would be knocked out of the Pell program on account of new regulations issued by the Department of Education.Yesterday, the Post issued a correction. Actually, the new regulations, which are based on updated government data, will expand the number eligible for grants, even though some will become ineligible at the upper end of the qualified income range.

Funny thing about the Pell Grant flap is that it isn't even true.

[valkyrieanne]

Many of these students don't belong in college to start with.

[KenmcG414]

Good!! It's about time these spoiled brats go out get a job and work their way through college. Where does it say in the constitution that citizens have to pay for an education for people who can't afford it or don't want to work?

[APFel]

Rocks from space, tsunamis, global warming, and now decreased Pell grants.

Our world is DOOOOOOOOOOOOMED......

APf

[trebb]

Retread of a debunked (lies) story. The grants have actually increased, although there are some who used to be eligible that aren't any more. The story is false, but what else is new?

[weegee]

Uncle Sam? Sounds more like Uncle (Joe) Stalin.

[.cnI redruM]

The only thing Pell Grants did was raise the cost of college tuitions. Bring a surrogate payer in, with a larger wallet, and the cost of anything takes off accordingly.

Look at what a happened to hospital bills after Medicine was subsidized heavily. If you think prescription drugs cost now, just wait until The Prescription Drug Panderation Act has been around to inflate their prices for 10 years.