I like it when they use the word "free" for this type of thing. What they forget to tell you is how many tax dollars was wasted giving something "free" to someone who actually CAN afford the stuff. Yet another abused program.

I'm with you pat; When my factory closed in 2000, I was able to go to PTC on the state's dime. It had been 30 years since high school for me. Being a lifelong fan of reading, I went straight into Comp I, but I had to take remedial math classes to prepare for college algebra. It surprised me to see so many recent high school graduates in remedial math classes, not to mention they had remedial classes for Comp also. I place some of the blame on the schools though. I've mentioned my sis in laws boyfriend, a graduate of Sylvan Hills - can't read or write a lick. And I had a remedial math instructor at PTC that bragged about his PhD and other degrees, that told us you could not have a 0 on the right axis! So all the blame can't be placed on the students; some of it goes back to the quality of teachers and the schools that hire them.

DITTO WILLIAM.....CLINTON/EDUCATION in the same sentence brings to mind a clipping I still have from BILLY BOY..."We are going to PLAN on more programs for illiterate adults". WHAT??? ISN'T THAT BACKWARDS? Why not plan for students to leave high school and not enter college for REMEDIAL MATH AND READING? btw When I was growing up it was accepted that EVERYONE IS NOT COLLEGE MATERIAL. I kind of think if you went through 12 years of school needing remedial reading and math in college, that shoe fits.

Quit providing "free" this and "free" that. Provide them with the education to stop breeding like rabbits. If you can't afford to take care of your own kids stop having them ! Your telling them it's ok to breed whenever you feel like it. Teach them ! If you want to hand anything out for "free" hand out birth control. How about free tubals ? Free vasectomies ? In the long run ALL of us will save money.