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Originally Posted by jognlope
Pell grants are investment in the nation's growth. A kid who wouldn't have otherwise gone to a community college or technical school has the potentail of costing the tax payer much more in welfare to live, jail time, etc etc. With the pell grant the country gets back an educated person who has the potential to get a decent job and pay taxes.
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Bullshit!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...159829896.html
Those Pell Grant types only get a 4 yr degree 40% of the time.
Those who do not receive Pell grants? 60%
Pell grants are welfare for 60 % of those who get free cash. 6 failures out of ten.