And last week, the House approved legislation to help poor college students.

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This has dramatically affected both rich and poor students, borrowers, and those who pay for college out of pocket.

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Given a choice of providing nursing home care for poor senior citizens, keeping criminals off the street, or subsidizing the college education of relatively affluent middle class students, politicians are not about to favor the universities.

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