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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 07:56 PM Original message |
Did Congress just approve a bill to ELIMINATE Pell Grants? |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. They sure as hell did |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. No, they did not eliminate ALL Pell grants |
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linazelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. From the New York Times... |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh great! |
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craiga86 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Same here! |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. You're not the only one! |
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rabbit2484 (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I don't know what to say |
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craiga86 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. We have to look out for the wealthy |
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luaneryder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. And by eliminating Pell |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Yer right, Bush made a big point about how Pell Grants increased |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why have pell grants if you've outsourced the future? |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. You are probably right |
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Quill Pen (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Given up! Hardly! |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Crap! I was watching that but thought they INCLUDED Pell |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Chip, chip, chip away....the ultimate agenda? They want uneducated |
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craiga86 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They decline to give hard workers higher pay |
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fugue (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. I wouldn't have been able to go to my Ivy League university |
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cire4 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. I swear the Republicans want to make sure nobody gets educated |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Uneducated people... |
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AnIndependentTexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. why go to college when you can go to iraq instead |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Link to good article here... |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Ah ha, good article--I see what they did, they put the cut into general |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. bastards |
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legally blonde (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Of course, of course |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Good way to keep people down |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Reagan cut Pell Grants. |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. The late Senator Claiborne Pell..... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think they cut PELL but didn't eliminate it |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Either way |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. fer sure |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. this is true n/t |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It turns out, PELL has NOT been eliminated |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-04 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. When will the bill take affect? |
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m_welby (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. Cutting Pell grants is a tragedy |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is a stealth draft people. |
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demgrrrll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Wow. I would never have finished by Bachelors degree without a Pell |
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