Posted on 12/10/2009 4:18:46 AM PST by TornadoAlley3
WASHINGTON (AP) - An unexpected surge in college enrollment has created an $18 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program, the biggest in its history.
An administration official told The Associated Press the program will cost $18 billion more than Congress and the White House had anticipated over the next three years. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the budget, spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Yup! Free country, all right. Of the people, by the people, for the people. Can't even tell the people how much of their money is being spent.
Just words. Very, very empty words.
This is not due to a growth in college population. This is due to a growth in the number of “poor” students who qualify for Pell grants. We should begin using a new term: The Obama Poor. That is, the newly poor due to Obama’s economic policies.
Mohammed Obama ... his plans for changing America are working perfect.
entirely by plan and design, they WANT as many people as possible receiving food stamps and pell grants
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