Many people, myself among them, could not have gone to college without the Pell Grant. The taxes I've paid since I graduated college have been far in excess of what they would have been without a college degree and it's far more than I ever received in grants.
You know what, too bad! Life isn't fair.
You can't be a conservative if you think the government ought to take money from hardworking americans and hand it out to those who are unwilling to put themselves through college. I worked between 2 & 3 jobs while going through school without any government handouts. I don't buy the argument that you couldn't have gone to college without Pell Grant? Did you consider joining the military? Did you consider working? Did you consider taking a year or two and saving up enough money to put yourself through college? Did you consider working while in college?
I don't accept your liberal democratic vision that government handouts paid for on the backs of hardworking americans are an acceptable governmental policy.
Yeah, but that would have cost the taxpayers even more than a Pell Grant.
Did you consider working? Did you consider working while in college?
I did work, thanks.
Did you consider taking a year or two and saving up enough money to put yourself through college?
Well, let's see, I could work a year, go to school a year, work a year, go to school a year... Or I could finish in four years and be on my way to being a productive self-sufficient citizen.
I don't accept your liberal democratic vision [blah, blah, blah slander] that government handouts paid for on the backs of hardworking americans are an acceptable governmental policy.
That's fine. You have the right to be wrong.