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Comment Re:Call me old-fashioned .. but you took out the l (Score 1) 1032

I went to school in Georgia, so the state lottery paid for mine. When I took a second major and added and extra two years that Hope wouldn't pay for, the loans were a lot more manageable. There are a LOT of scholarships and grants available that make college almost free. People just don't take advantage of them.

Comment Re:Typical U.S.A. (Score 1) 1032

I know it just boils your balls that a Democrat was in charge at the time, but Clinton (who was twice the man and three times as fiscally conservative than Bush the lesser ever was) signed the bill that killed welfare. It's dead, get the fuck over it already.

You mean the Republican-crafted law (PRWORA) that required welfare recipients to at least try to get work, and was a cornerstone of the much-reviled "Contract With America"? I remember that. Bill, at least, knew when to cross the aisle, after twice vetoing the legislation and deciding that vetoing it a third time was too politically risky. But yeah, manly, that.

But dead? No. In 2012 The Obama administration gutted the work requirement of the law, its most successful aspect.

Comment Re:PC is the only one that counts (Score 1) 204

No way! Fallout 3, Oblivion, and Skyrim were all amazing games in their own right, and are shining examples of how a sandbox game should be made (except for FO3's game-ending conclusion; booo!). Oblivion had some great mods; even entire NPC-voiced cities and some great new dungeons and storylines. The mods for FO and Skyrim were a bit lack-luster, IMHO, but even so those games shine.

Comment Re:Typical U.S.A. (Score 1, Insightful) 1032

Need money for education, need money for health, need money to not starve to death.

Well, I thought I lived in the US, but I must be mistaken, because all the homeless people in my city have free food, free healthcare, free education, and, if they want them, free homes. Which is clearly not the US, because Slashdot keeps telling me it's supposed to be a third-world shit-hole.

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