>It can be done.
>A combination of GI bill, scholarships and working 3 jobs allowed me to increase my net worth while getting a degree.
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>It's still possible today.
>Grandson #1 is making enough summers and weekends to fund his tuition at a 2 year community college and racking up grades that will help him get financial aid during his last two years at Rutgers.
>He's living at home and commuting while driving a junker, but he's doing it - pretty much the way I did.
>He'll commute to Rutgers the last two years and come out debt free with a degree from Rutgers.
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>Grandson #2 will be inducted into the National Honor Society this week (Parents and grandpa are very proud) and his grades will help him get financial aid.
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>If someone goes to live on a campus at a private college with no financial aid, the costs are insane.
>Even with the GI bill, I couldn't have done that.
>The best way to reduce those costs is for students to avoid those schools.
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>Of course, what HRC is suggesting is nonsense. Throwing more money at the problem will only make it worse.

I think you make some valid points. And like I told Victor, even the NYT has written about how her plan will likely backfire.

Just like with healthcare, I don't think there's much argument that reforms are needed. The problem is that a plan with a bad architecture, created based on false political premises, is more likely to give us an ACA-equivalent mess in the world of education.

My general argument here is that HRC came up with this foolish promise to placate the jilted Sanders supporters after the news of the DNC manipulating the process to pave the way over Sanders.