College Financial Aid: An Open Letter To My Elected Officials
Topic: Politics
Dear Elected Official:
I'm a disabled Illinois resident, on a fixed income, and my daughter is graduating high school this year. We were looking forward to her pursuing a degree in the medical field at a state university, until we saw the $27,000 per year price tag. I was the first in my family to obtain a college degree, and that was done with a combination of Pell Grant and Illinois State Aid. I assumed that the same help was available for my daughter and her generation in their pursuit of education. Ha! I was thoroughly shocked when we got back her financial aid letter -- $5000 for Pell Grant and nothing for state aid! I decided to look at the financial resources that my elected officials are working with:
President: $400,000 per year plus pension and perks
Vice President: $233,000 per year plus pension and perks
U.S. Congress: $174,000 per year plus pension and perks
Illinois Governor: $177,000 per year plus pension and perks
Illinois General Assembly Member: $67,000 plus pension and perks
It seems that my elected officials have voted themselves to get thousands of dollars; while the poor, who are trying to educate themselves in furtherance of a better future, have been left in the dust. How are the people of America in general, and of Illinois in particular, supposed to compete in a future economy without education? What have you all been doing while in power? I understand that both the U.S. and Illinois governments seem to enjoy being in a perpetual state of gridlock, but your lack of funding for Federal and State financial assistance is killing the collective brain of our future generations. How do you plan to address this issue? Action please!
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