July 8, 2012  You Are Not Entitled to Financial Aid  Pardon me
for a few minutes while I get out my soap box and vent a little
bit...  What would you do if I told you that I was making a 6
figure salary and I was surprised that the government wouldn't
give me food stamps?  What if I was sitting on a $500,000 house
and had $500,000 in the bank and I was upset that I didn't
qualify for a welfare check? What if I got mad that my
unemployment checks end when I got a job? What if I retired
with  $2,000,000 in the bank and then complained loudly because
the government wouldn't pay for my nursing home bills when I
became ill?  I think usually most people would consider me
unrealistic and simply confused if I thought I ought to qualify
for government handouts in those situations.  Now lets look at
similar situations where people complain about not qualifying
for financial aid:  We can't get a Pell grant cause we make over
$100,000. The government won't give us any aid cause they say we
have too much money. My son wor