Bill Clears Way for Government to Cut Back College Loans

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=355

The federal government will be able to require millions of college students to shoulder more of the cost of their education under the new spending bill approved yesterday by the House and Senate.

The government moved to change its formula for college aid last year, but was blocked by Congress. Now, however, no such language appears in the appropriations bill lawmakers are considering, clearing the way for the government to scale back college grants for hundreds of thousands of low-income students.

Nearly 100,000 more students may lose their federal grants entirely, as Congress considers legislation that could place more of the financial burden for college on students and their families.

The cutback stems from a revision to the formula governing virtually all of the nation's financial aid. Last year, the Department of Education changed the formula on its own, angering members of Congress who contended that it was a backdoor way of cutting education spending without facing the public. The department retorted that it was merely following the law.

[WindRavenX]

1. Sweet!

Because I totally don't need financial aid to go to college...no sirre bob :eyes:

[Kber]

2. B...b...but in the 2d debate bush said he had no intention of cutting back

on student loans. Do you mean he LIED?

How many young people voted? How about middle class parents of college students.

Or is bettering yourself by getting a college education not a moral thing to do any more?

ugh!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. Hate to say this, but someone has to:

"Young people who voted for Bush...ENJOY your president. ENJOY job-hunting without a college degree. ENJOY the inevitable draft. Bush-Cheney '04! Four More Years! YAHOO!"

(On the front page of the White House Web Site, under "E-mail the White House," you will find):

"Q: David from Massachusetts:
CONGRATULATIONS MR. PRESIDENT!!!!!! YAHOO!!!!!"

So, YES, David from Massachusetts, YES INDEED. Yahoo. And CONGRATULATIONS MR. PRESIDENT...you motherf**ker.

:grr:

[DawnneOBTS]

3. servants for the rich

I guess this is the way that the filthy stinking rich conservatives are going to be assured that they will always have servants and maids-by making sure that the poorer people can't go to college.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. There was an article a while back predicting "growth areas" in jobs:

1). Teaching the kids of the wealthy

2). Working for stores like Sharper Image to sell "toys" to the wealthy

3). Working in Beemer and Mercedes dealerships to sell...aww, YOU get the point.

I said this on DU last night: there are TWO classes coming in America:

1). "Bush's Base" (The upper 1%)

2). The homeless

THAT'S IT.

[angrydemocrat]

6. Exactly Right

I wonder how many young people and others for that matter already regretting voting for the A$$HOLE chimp? I have already heard a few whiners here where I live at in TN. They already complainig over this latest bill they voted on. I just look at them and say OH WELL you got what you voted for so get use to it this is just the begining.

[newyawker99]

10. Hi DawnneOBTS!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[OneBlueSky]

7. so let me see if I have this right . . .

OUR Democratic senators voted for a bill that will . . .

- reduce college loans and grants
- allow physicians and hospitals to opt out of providing abortions
- open individuals tax returns to inspection by the Congress (and who knows who else)
- mandate mental health screening followed by prescribed drug treatments for our kids (and eventually all of us)

and I should support this party why? . . .

[this_side_up]

8. They want us to 'support' them

in the style they have become accustomed to =
very well off and becoming even more so
(insider trading tips)

Add SocSec to your list. We are screwed and
they are OK with that because they have separate
pension, health ins, and other perks.

They (and theirs) are set for life.

I think for every item, every bill that comes
up, their responses have been carefully scripted.

Dems A, B, C will say xxxx xxxx about Item A.
Dems C, G, Z will say xxxx about Item B.
Dems A, C, Y will say xxx about Item D

and so it goes

[DuaneBidoux]

9. This will help fill some of those Taco Bell positions that some uppity

person who had intended to attend college would have considered himself too good for. So you see, it's really to help fill jobs, yea' that's the ticket: It's not a cut in college aid, it's a jobs program.