[tdadams]

Gosh that "It's and investment" sounds an awful lot like that democrat slogan "Investing in America" which is a euphemism for BIG GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

Run some business models and you'll see the difference. What's the return on investment? What's the next best use of those dollars?

With those Pell grant dollars, she'll use a little bit of taxpayer money now, but in the long run, she'll be a net contributor rather than a net user.

[mastequilla]

With those Pell grant dollars, she'll use a little bit of taxpayer money now, but in the long run, she'll be a net contributor rather than a net user.

So you really don't have a problem with confiscating money from hardworking citizens to hand it out to those unwilling to come up with their own money to better themselves.

Tell you what, if you would send me $20,000 I will use it to go to graduate school. Once I graduate I'm sure I can make more money, which I will use to pay you back with interest.

Deal?

How about instead, I forcibly take your money from you via taxation and use it for the same purpose. Aren't you better off?

[mastequilla]

With those Pell grant dollars, she'll use a little bit of taxpayer money now, but in the long run, she'll be a net contributor rather than a net user.

And yet the reality of the situation is that she'll likely get impregnated by her boyfriend who won't support her. In which case she'll either abort the kid (she's pro-abortion), or she'll rely on government handouts to raise not one, but two kids, and her pell grant will have gone to waste.

Now, if she had to work for herself to go to college, perhaps the story will be different.

I'm continually amazed that people don't recognize what 40 years of liberal welfare programs have gotten us.