I think this thread may be a good time to say that I hitch hiked with a cardboard suitcase from Iuka to Hattiesburg. I had a place to stay and meals for a few weeks until I could get a job. I had no money for tuition. I landed a job working for Bud Kirkpatrick in the Student Union and was paid $0.50/ hour and worked as many as 59 hours a week. I then got a job working at the local theaters (Broadway, Beverly, and Saenger). At one time, I worked two jobs when I worked for the the Physical Plant department painting dorm rooms and moving matresses and such. At one point, I had to borrow $400. It took me 5 years to get my degree, but so what.
There is a lot more to my personal story, but the point for making this post is not to talk about me. The point of this post is that it seems everyone today is dependent on some kind of governmental help. If it is not Pell(taxpayer) grants or student loans, a very high % of college students are getting some kind of taxpayer assistance.
The United States Government, or its citizenship, is $16,000,000,000.000 in debt, It has has unfunded liabilities of somewhere between $75-80,000,000,000,000. That is more than the GDP of all the nations of the world. Our credit rating has been reduced once and is in danger of further reductions. Theres more, but this is enough.
Sorry Smoke, I am having a problem of being adequately sympathetic about your circumstances.
This post was edited on 12/20 7:01 PM by SeniorEagle