Here's an interesting video about the history of financial aid for education:<p><a href="http://schiffforsenate.com/?q=media/how-government-programs-drive-college-tuitions" rel="nofollow">http://schiffforsenate.com/?q=media/how-government-programs-...</a><p>Synopsis:<p>In 1918, a factory worker at Ford Motor Company earned $5 per day and
kept all of it.  In 32 days he would earn $160, enough to cover the
annual tuition at Yale University.