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re: Report: TOPS mostly benefits students from white, affluent families
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:18 am to ksayetiger
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:18 am to ksayetiger
Aren't they the families that pay in the most taxes? Perhaps it should benefit them more....
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Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:21 am to Tim
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Aren't they the families that pay in the most taxes? Perhaps it should benefit them more....
I don't think you understand how the liberal mind works. "Rich" folks are supposed to pay for every public service but can't use it without paying for it again.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:21 am to ksayetiger
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Shreveporttimes
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$70,000 in annual income.
Did that fish wrapper called The Shreveportimes actually say $70K a year makes one 'affluent'?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:22 am to patnuh
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Since when is $70k combined income affluent?
This. Plus merits based helps at least to some extent to insure that kids getting TOPS have some sort of demonstrated potential to succeed in college and not just waste a year of $$. Of course even then there is a percentage that will drop out but giving it to people who can't even establish basic merits based requirements is just throwing money away.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:24 am to ksayetiger
Curious to see the percent of pell grant receivers
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:26 am to Tim
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Aren't they the families that pay in the most taxes? Perhaps it should benefit them more....
What country do you live.in?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:29 am to ksayetiger
Maybe it should read, "75% of students who accomplish a 2.5 GPA and a 21 on the ACT are white."
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:30 am to Reubaltaich
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Did that fish wrapper called The Shreveportimes
Actually, if you read it
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SCOTT CLAUSE, THE ADVERTISER
The times has nothing original in it
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:31 am to Jack Daniel
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Maybe it should read, "75% of students who accomplish a 2.5 GPA and a 21 on the ACT are white."
Yeah, but that's only because of slavery and segregation.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:36 am to patnuh
God forbid TOPS helps middle class families
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:36 am to LSURussian
So by making a certain score on the ACT and making above a certain GPA is racist?
It's amazing how pathetic the media has become to where they want to make everything that white folks do unfair or racist towards black folks.
It's amazing how pathetic the media has become to where they want to make everything that white folks do unfair or racist towards black folks.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:39 am to Fat and Happy
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It's amazing how pathetic the media has become to where they want to make everything that white folks do unfair or racist towards black folks.
This is the very reason I posted the article. The media is horrible, unfortunately this world relishes on crap like this.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:39 am to Methuselah
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Even in Louisiana $70k isn't considered above upper middle class...
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:42 am to Fat and Happy
It's kind of nuts because if you asked them do you want the government to pay for a program that only sends black kids to college, I have a feeling most would say, "Of course not, but...".
It's not like TOPS in Louisiana was super exclusive. My goodness, anybody can get in.
It's not like TOPS in Louisiana was super exclusive.
My goodness, anybody can get in. Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:42 am to Stexas
Holy crap. So 90000 is upper class in louisiana?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:42 am to ksayetiger
OR......
The ones that are taking advantage of this opportunity are white.
Skewed data my friend.
The ones that are taking advantage of this opportunity are white.
Skewed data my friend.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:44 am to ksayetiger
Nowhere in the article did it state that the government handout known as TOPS is racist. There was not even any commentary in the article. But your attempt to make another topic about race was sucessful. Congrats. Many points you have earned.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:47 am to Stexas
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Median household income for most of the state is less than $40k...
So, that means that those who make 70k are affluent?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:47 am to ksayetiger
Looks like that would be the kind op people you'd like to keep in the state
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:48 am to Restomod
I thought the whole idea behind TOPS was to take a settlement from the Feds who had illegally been taking LA offshore oil revenue and endow a scholarship accessible to most any LA high school graduate meeting minimum performance standards to keep our LA kids from leaving the state.
Nothing to do with income levels of their household. Nothing to do with need.
Nothing to do with income levels of their household. Nothing to do with need.
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