Where has all the funding gone? Why did so many of the existing funds that were gifts from the governments instead of loans especially for the unprivileged class go? Well here is my take, or opinion on the subject. Somewhere in the mid-to late 70's those Poor middle-class families with their ranch house and two vehicles, two incomes, and two point 5 children decided that they were being left out of the educational monies available to the unprivileged, and whined like big babies in the name of discrimination. Due to being left out of the loop for government gifts having more than those below in lower classed poverty income level. I can hear them now "Why do you have to be poor to get any breaks?"My question to them is why does anyone have to be Poor? why is their class system? So here's the deal, congressman, and representative came to their aid (cause they know which side their bread is buttered on as my momma would say) and got on their bandwagons, fueled by self righteous and pompous inflated sense of self, and ambition politically. if you don't believe that than okay heres a list of amendments etc in government aid, judge for yourself.

1978
Middle Income Student Assistance Act (MISAA)

This legislation eliminated all income restrictions for the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSL), which effectively extended eligibility to middle and upper-middle income students. MISSA also expanded eligibility for BEOG for these same students.

1979
Higher Education Technical Act

Authorized the "Commissioner" of Education (now the Secretary of Education) to collect defaulted National Direct Student Loans on behalf of institutions. This provision was significant particularly for state institutions that previously were unable to "assign" such loans to the Department for collection because of state laws barring the assignment of state assets.

1980
Higher Education Amendments

Congress sought to honor the work of a man whose long term advocacy and support of programs that legislated increased federal funding made college a reality for millions of students. Accordingly, the Higher Education Amendments of 1980 renamed the Basic Education Opportunity Grant Program the Pell Grant Program after Rhode Island's Senior Senator Claiborne Pell.

As a result of the 1980 Amendments the Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) Program was also established. Middle-income families were now able to borrow $3,000 a year for each dependent child in school regardless

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