02-14-2011, 12:52 AM
(02-12-2011, 10:57 AM)Cracker Wrote: OMG, I meant that college is free if you get an academic scholarship. After some research, I found if you are low income the federal government will pay for all of your college and will give you food stamps and pay for your housing while you attend. WTF?
Funny, no poor person I know has been made privy to this fabulous news! Care to provide a link to where people can apply?
Quote:How does anybody bitch about being poor and not having a chance? I wonder how many of these students are actually successful. If you just give them a college education without expecting them to contribute anything in return for it, will they just trash it or waste it?
Because your straw-man is bullshit, that's how. VERY poor people are lucky to get a Pellgrant of $5000 per year, to help with college. And they don't get a free ride while they attend, either. My sister has her PH.D. She grew up poor, and worked her ass off for it. No free ride. Scholarships and student loans for her.
Quote:If this is how it works, poor people get every chance for free and middle class has to work hard for it, why aren't the tables turned? Why doesn't every hoodrat and every hillbilly have a PhD? Because it entails work and effort. It is much easier to sit at home and bitch about the The Man keeping you down.
The ill-informed "poor, white, wealthy me" mentality at it's finest.
You've removed all doubt on the racist thing. I'm going to add classicist to the list as well.
Cheers.