>but how is that fair? Having no monetary help from a family making 100K a year is still different from having no monetary help from a family making 20K. If w

>but how is that fair? Having no monetary help from a family making 100K a year is still different from having no monetary help from a family making 20K. If we want fair, how is growing up in a family with poor parents fair compared to growing up in a family with rich parents? While you might be able to blame the parent for their own financial situation, you cannot blame the child. >it was pretty upsetting to see kids who were ostensibly poorer than I was get a substantially easier start in life. Considering that they already had an ~18 year start of life where they likely weren't having it easier...