A day in the life of the self made man.

[JoePhilly]

104. Opportunity is what seperates those who make it, and those who don't. I know.

See, I was a lower middle class kid, who grew up with a bunch of other guys who were lower middle class kids.

Of about 14 of us, only three made it to college. None of us could actually afford college, and at least 10 of us had the grades to go.

I was one of the three who "made it" to college. I used Pell Grants, Stafford loans, student loans, and credit cards to pay for it. The Pell grants and the Stafford loans are what the GOP wants to get rid of because those are backed by the evil government.

Most of my other friends were unable to get such loans. As a result, the were prevented from taking advantage of the "opportunity" a college education provides.

The three of us who went to college have much higher networths now than those of our friends who were unable to attend college for financial reasons.

Oh yea, back then, Reagan was President. He removed the tax break on student loans and credit card interest, making it just that much more expensive for a lower middle class kid to go to college. Standard GOP.

This is why the GOP encourages its base to skip college, and to not be upset that their kids can't afford it. They don't want poor and middle class kids in their colleges. Because that creates opportunity.

What the GOP wants is compliant workers.

As for your description of Obama ... its nonsense.

BTW ... how does some one who has nothing, risk everything? Do you actually think the kids of the rich, who become successful because of the increased access to opportunity, which money provides, have some "special trait" that makes them better than a poor kid who lacks the money and access to opportunity that money provides?

Pretty silly.