Seems like not a lot has changed since I went to school. It seems like universities cater for the very poor and the very rich. The middle class is left to carry the brunt of education costs.<p>Also, welfare isn't indefinite. Most states require you to take a job, any job, or they reduce your benefits. This is the legislation that came out of the Clinton era (when Gingrich was claiming welfare queens were living it up by having 7-10 kids). I'm glad that I'm still young and healthy. It's one thing to drop COBRA in your 20s, quite another to do it in your 40s.