re: TOPS payments stopped immediately due to state budget crisis

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When I was 17 the drinking age switched to 21. When I turned 18 I found out nearly every kid that I went to school with got to go for free for no reason other than they were a year younger than me. I lived. These kids will find a way and people that work hard will still be successful.

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I am a year older than you. I was even able to buy booze briefly before the drinking age changed in 95.

I worked and borrowed my way thru college while living in shitty apartments. Despite paying my own way for school, my tax dollars have been funding mediocre students in the state to go to college for 18 years while I still payoff my own student loans. That is a 2 decade kick in the dick to me. I do think it's shitty that this was dropped on students at the last minute but everyone paying attention saw this coming a mile away. TOPS simply isn't sustainable in this economy.