We simply can't keep providing money from the federal government in the form of subsidized or actual loans and Pell Grants when we don't have the money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.
We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not sure that our federal government can afford that.
We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.
I don't go to the federal government and say, 'Fund my program.'
You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that.
We can't afford not to fully fund education.
Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.
Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of loans, both private and from the government.
The Republicans claim they are for strengthening Pell grants when the truth is that over the last four years, their legislation has done the exact opposite.
So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.