> The budget’s fastest-growing line item isn’t defense, or healthcare, but the interest on our debt. Even if this $3.7 trillion middle finger to future generations doesn’t pass, net interest payments on the debt will total $13.8 trillion over the next decade.

Isn't it funny how an entity that can print money needs loans? Oh well, at least those lending to it are making a profit, whoever they are.

> Key to my ability to access this path was affirmative action, specifically Pell Grants.

I've never heard financial assistance for the poor described as "affirmative action" until now. In fact such assistance predates the term.