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Why is it when the kid is poor, its financial aid, if the kid is middle class, its a handout?

Neither name is appropriate. It's plain old price discrimination. The school wants to charge more money to people who have more money.

Every business loves to do this. The only thing unusual about college is that if they crank the price up to $150,000 and then discount it to $80,000, some people think the school has "given" you $70,000.



Price discrimination is an aspect of free markets.

When the government outlaws price discrimination, it is interfering with the freedom of the market.




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