ReaderSeventy2 t1_j4qepxz wrote
Reply to comment by urgjotonlkec in The Number of Hours You'd Have to Work at a Minimum Wage Job to Afford a Year of Tuition in Each State by SandyBeaches2016
>The income limit for an automatic zero expected family contribution is $27,000.
https://www.bestcolleges.com/student-finance/fafsa-income-limits/
urgjotonlkec t1_j4qftnz wrote
AKA: More than minimum wage.
theredwoodcurtain t1_j4qh545 wrote
Yes, wages are so low in many places that a parent supporting a family on a single income falls below many means-tested thresholds.
$27k is $13 an hour, assuming 40 hour weeks 52 weeks a year with no days off. This is below minimum wage where I live.
urgjotonlkec t1_j4qhr04 wrote
Well yeah, that's the whole point of having a means tested benefits program. If nobody qualified it would be pretty useless. But you can get subsidies up to an income of like $200,000.
theredwoodcurtain t1_j4qi13y wrote
Weird because it seems like you understand how these programs benefit low income people, but just two comments ago you said they were for the kids of rich people only.
urgjotonlkec t1_j4qi81v wrote
No, this GRAPH is only for rich people. It's pointless
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