it is predictable to attack the student point of view, agree there. What is also predictable is that casual, drive-by "concerned voters" who are typically decad

it is predictable to attack the student point of view, agree there. What is also predictable is that casual, drive-by "concerned voters" who are typically decades past their own lean years in school, and care more about paying their own taxes than concern for young adults. The fraud here is connected to the administrators of the financial aid! They "slow walk" investigations (guess) since they are paid by the number of students who are active, and those numbers plummeted during Covid-19 and b) they are financially connected to the flow of money they look after. Community colleges are wildly varying in rigor and skill of administering. The whole political cover here is that casual observers (who might vote) quickly place blame on students or "distant others" .. How many mid-level accountants are owning vacation homes with extra money while students actually starve in high cost of living California? etc