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Old 01-20-2011, 01:32 PM   #31
Shawnee123
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but at the same time not all people are abusing the system.
And this is why I hold onto my liberal ideals. We have to allow that there will be abuses (though this doesn't mean it couldn't or shouldn't be improved) because of the "greater good."

People will argue with me about the pell methodology (I can figure pell grants by hand with the worksheets and the right information) and I try to explain that its intention is to help the most people, though there will always be exceptions. Then I ask if they have extenuating circumstances for possible appeals. I urge them to write their congressperson explaining the gaps in the system. They're changing things all the time: to help the most they need to hear from the most.

But it is so sad that people are raised in ways I couldn't fathom: that to pop out kids for tax deductions and money is so far down Misguided Alley I can't even see it...but I can't possibly know what their lives have been like.

My ideals are in constant battle.
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