Reply #9: It's a great idea but the pols will never do it [View All]

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I hate to sound like a freeper (I'm not one) but politicians pander to minorities as groups, not individuals, because they vote so strongly in blocs. My guess is this idea would really rankle minorities. Dem pols are afraid of this; repuke pols would never support any form of affirmative action or help for the poor (unless they are a dem masquerading as a repuke).

I personally was caught between two systems of privelige--one for wealthy/middle class whites and one for minorities (affirmative action as it is now). The problem is I am a poor white; my mom had work 70 hrs a week to support herself and I right after I graduated from high school she had to sell the house because she could no longer afford it. (The escrow payment for property taxes went up by $500/month in 2 years. Nice tax cut, Bush! }( )

Financial aid/scholarships only cover about half my tuition. Were it not for my grandmother, who saved every penny she ever got her hands on (grew up in the Depression), I would not be able to go to college at all. I probably would be trapped in poverty (or close to it) for the rest of my life.

It is a sad thing indeed when grandparents must be relied upon to fund college. (I could have joined the military for the GI benefit, I suppose, but I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE to serve under Dumbya.)

We need class based affirmative action to help all the poor, not just poor people with certain skin pigmentations. White people can fall victim to capitalism too.

Also would get rid of racism allegations by freepers, while still helping minorities.

EDIT: spelling