Listen up, people

When Obama became President, he made promises in regards to secondary education and student loan repayments. Specifically, he said, "...in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they chose to go to college." In a petition on the White House website, through the "We the People" platform, a citizen presented their concern about forgiveness of student loans, the declining economy, and citizen's inability to keep up the job market due to lack being able to afford secondary education. Thus, leading to lower wages and increasing poverty rates. This petition received over 32,000 votes within 30 days. In the response to said petition, they pointed out the increased Pell Grant amount of $5,500.

Today, on the radio, I heard about a bill in the making regarding the Pell Grant. For those of you who don't know, the Pell Grant is a grant from the Federal government that does not get paid back. Whether or not a student qualifies to receive these funds, and the amount a student receives, is based on his/her income and poverty level the previous year- verified through yearly taxes.
The proposed bill suggests decreasing the monthly range of Pell Grant disbursement from 15 months to 12 months and changing the qualifying criteria so that approximately 100,000 students would no longer qualify. All of this is to aid in lowering our nation's deficit.

What kind of hypocrisy is this?

Now, I didn't vote for Obama- mostly because I had a baby that very day and didn't make it to the polls. But, I'm starting to see the problem people have with him. He wants to lessen the country's deficit by killing the future economy. Less funds paid out in Pell Grants means citizens will have more funds from student loans, more debt, and higher payments after graduation.

So, I used our government's new, handy petition generator and pointed all this out. So, I tell you, my people, go. Go forth and sign. Go forth and tell your loved ones to sign. Save our futures and our children's futures.

Here's the link:

Save the Pell Grants



or copy and paste:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/leave-pell-grant-alone-and-fix-debt-another-way/kN96dnnJ

Well then... GO SIGN