A couple days ago Congress passed a law that would give every adult over the age of 17 1,200 dollars in response to the COVID- 19 pandemic. Obviously there were a few necessary exceptions to the bill like those making a median income of over 150,000 dollars would be left to fend for themselves, but today a new exception was revealed that is utterly proposterous. If your parents claim you as a dependent and you are under the age of 24 you are excluded from the bill. In other words, college kids you get no money.
Can somebody please explain the logic of this one to me? College students are literally one of the demographics that require the most help in trying times such as these. With many food and retail jobs being unavailable as well as any job that requires human interaction, most of the potential jobs for people of the demographic will be non existent. It’s only insane that the U.S is attempting to be so nitpicky about who they give aid too.
Not only are college students not being awarded aid but for the majority of us…
- No 500$ for our parents because were above the age of 17
- No refunds of student aid
- No housing refund
- No 1200$ because we are dependents of our parents
- No rent forgiveness for off campus living
- STILL NO JOBS
Just because we are now back home does make our situations even remotely similar to high school. I do not want to cripple the back of my hard working mother, but it seems like that what the U. S wants me to do. I still have bills of my own now, especially a hefty school bill. But I guess none that matters to them.
4TheKulture 