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What's the best way for me to help pay my grandson's college bills?
 
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Posted by: DKP50
Very Nice steph.. Butt?
> To much is being said about how Parents HAVE to pay for their Kids college
> Colleges, really being a For Profit Business, have been Advocating and Marketing this For Yrs.. ( gee wonder why? )
> Teachers doing the same thing by advocating this.. yah think to create more Teachers to support their Industry? Nah...( But there were 'only' 31% more Teachers Available in 2006 than jobs , unless you wanted to Teach in a Slum School and risk your Life )
> All this 'Entitlement' stuff has got to stop..

>Best way to Fund a kids college?
A. Let them Pay their Way.. A persons Mind is were their $ is, not yours
B. Study showed that kids who paid their own way, had a Graduating Rate of 4x as much as Those that Didn't pay their own way and had a Higher GPA

> If you really want to help them?
A. Set up a Portfolio of Mutual Funds
B. Tell them they have to complete A list of Courses of Finance
C.. Read A ...(Read more of this comment)
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