That’s the joke. The article implies Pell Grants “and stuff” are making up 70% of our wellfare spending . Pell Grants are a scholarship with a maximum reward of $5,550. Hence if we were actually spending the way that they’re implying, then 40% of our total population is in college in any given year.
I’m was trying to point out the absurdity of the their ‘rounding’
That’s the joke. The article implies Pell Grants “and stuff” are making up 70% of our wellfare spending . Pell Grants are a scholarship with a maximum reward of $5,550. Hence if we were actually spending the way that they’re implying, then 40% of our total population is in college in any given year.
I’m was trying to point out the absurdity of the their ‘rounding’
Ah okay, I’ve clearly just missed your sarcasm then.