Why is accepting free money from the government "making it on his own"

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May 3, 2016
8:42:50am

Sea Chicken All-American

Why is accepting free money from the government "making it on his own"

but accepting free money from his parents isn't?

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Sea Chicken

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JH seems like a nice guy but c'mon man.......

5/3/16 8:29am

Creepy stalker ^^^^^^^^

workindev

5/3/16 8:31am

If the search function isn't for owning people with their own words, what use is

benny1982

5/3/16 8:36am

vanity searches

byuTX

5/4/16 12:41pm

RE: JH seems like a nice guy but c'mon man.......

WDaddy

5/3/16 8:35am

Happy Trails Jersey Hunter, you dug your own grave

5/3/16 8:37am

What's maybe lost in all this is that maybe his son is trying to make it on his

mudpupper

5/3/16 8:39am

Why is accepting free money from the government "making it on his own"

Sea Chicken

5/3/16 8:42am

Is it "free money from the government?" I hate this idea that the government

My Soapbox

5/3/16 8:47am

How is he locked out from teaching self reliance and proper planning?

5/3/16 8:52am

I didn't say that he was locked out from teaching planning. I said that if he is

My Soapbox

5/3/16 8:57am

Punish the successful... Interesting to see the thumbs ups and POD clicks on

kotacoug

5/3/16 9:04am

You actually did use the words "locked out", which is why I quoted you verbatim.

5/3/16 9:04am

The problem is that he's complaining about his son not being able to get

benny1982

5/3/16 8:43am

If his son doesn't want help, that's his choice and he shouldn't complain.

chago04

5/3/16 8:45am

The kid got $50K+. Its not self-inflicted, bootstrapping poverty

5/3/16 8:45am

Maybe JH can tell us if this kid got the $50K or not.

mudpupper

5/3/16 8:53am

Help me understand what you can understand

5/3/16 8:55am

I have no idea if this is the case but it seems the kid could be getting student loans that will

soupie

5/3/16 9:02am

This is what I was going to say.

mudpupper

5/3/16 9:06am

This whole thread started with a discussion about Pell grants, though.

benny1982

5/3/16 9:07am

He wasn't talking about loans

Sea Chicken

5/3/16 9:10am

The kid has 50,000 he can use, but was asking for pell grants.

Yvin

5/3/16 9:32am

His son has 50K in the bank. If he can't get a grant, he still has the 50K.

runnincoug

5/3/16 9:40am

Bingo

Jersey hunter

5/3/16 9:43am

Takes money from parents: Not making it on his own.

benny1982

5/3/16 9:56am

New bucket list item. Post something on CB that makes another poster go look

CFMcK

5/3/16 8:52am

<< Deleted >>

RdF3

5/3/16 8:54am

Yeah, John Haddow is a nice guy.

OldCosmo

5/3/16 9:00am

Who cares? I saw no issue with what he was trying to do with his son.

BlackBart

5/3/16 9:15am

I care. That's my tax dollars.

FrankenCoug

5/3/16 9:24am

Given the nature of 'qualifying' for a Pell Grant in today's world,

BlackBart

5/3/16 9:42am

Except that he has money available, they're trying to work around the system.

Yvin

5/3/16 9:47am

You missed the part where his dad has unused 50k college fund set up

Big Daddy D

5/4/16 12:38pm

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