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In addition to your point about incentive to play the game, even worse -- HoosWillWin 08/28/2022 1:35PM I have similar feelings about this. I think about my niece and -- hoolstoptheheels 08/28/2022 10:36AM IMO, we shouldn't have opened Pandora's Box. There were other ways ... -- Blah 08/28/2022 10:53AM Maybe you can get him interested in this program? -- 757 08/28/2022 08:36AM It's a good program, but not sure it's right for my son -- BocaHoo91 08/28/2022 09:25AM The parents means-testing is the key -- 757 08/28/2022 09:50AM Most people who means test out are in that "sweet spot." There are very -- BocaHoo91 08/28/2022 10:06AM I was fortunate to receive a full academic scholarship to UVA in 1957 -- NJHoo 08/28/2022 3:05PM How would carrying a large student loan affects the child's credit? ** -- JohnHoo2 08/28/2022 02:21AM I don't think this is meant to be taken advantage of by people with means. -- psychobilly 08/27/2022 8:43PM If it's law, and it's poorly written, nobody is "taking advantage" of it -- GoochlandHoo 08/28/2022 08:01AM It is a vote buy...and one of the most expensive in history ** -- Tuckahokie 08/28/2022 08:17AM Is it more expensive than trump’s tax cut? How about PPP -- 111Balz 08/28/2022 08:39AM Nope, nope, and nope. It’s like they don’t think things through, or else, -- southdenverhoo 08/28/2022 11:29AM I do believe most of them were voted on by both houses ofCongress, right? ** -- GoochlandHoo 08/28/2022 09:09AM True, but that doesn’t change whether they were vote buys ** -- 111Balz 08/28/2022 10:45AM True, but entirely different model. I suspect -- GoochlandHoo 08/28/2022 10:49AM Hope so. If we're going to create perverse incentives and cause -- BocaHoo91 08/28/2022 10:53AM That's fair. I don't think it's close to being the most expensive vote buy -- BocaHoo91 08/28/2022 09:27AM Bingo...probably THE largest pen and phone style executive branch vote buy ** -- Tuckahokie 08/28/2022 09:12AM Yeah, although as has been pointed out in this thread, my -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 8:46PM You won't be the last to try. People will find a way to exploit it. -- psychobilly 08/27/2022 9:14PM Oh, I haven’t given up yet. ** -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 9:16PM Nor should you. Let's get that free money. ** -- psychobilly 08/27/2022 9:22PM Don’t you Cons always say money is never free. ** -- Lazarus 08/28/2022 08:57AM I think that’s his point ** -- BocaHoo91 08/28/2022 12:13PM Good post and also why this is a terrible idea ** -- BKhoo 08/27/2022 8:38PM I can't see any RepubliKKKunts to vote for from my place in Boca. ** -- ResistHoo 08/27/2022 8:21PM What is starting salary after college these days? -- 00 Hoo 08/27/2022 7:15PM It’s a fair point. A few years back, we were hiring -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 7:44PM McPaper article from a few months ago says mid-50's as an average for -- Tuckahokie 08/27/2022 7:20PM What is the median. Maybe better predictor since averages get skewed by -- HooAskedYou 08/27/2022 8:08PM Averages don’t get skewed by outliers when you a looking at a sample as -- TomKazanski 08/27/2022 9:25PM I would imagine that UVA/VT would have higher starting numbers...maybe in -- Tuckahokie 08/27/2022 9:38PM Talking about average across all fields of study and all the states -- NJHoo 08/27/2022 9:57PM I’m attempting to deliver sound financial advice here -- Stimp 08/27/2022 7:06PM Good chance your kid won’t qualify for loans in the first place -- Quaker 08/27/2022 7:04PM He won’t qualify for a pell grant, but are -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 7:16PM I believe a parents responsibility is tied to their income. Also, if a 529 -- HooAskedYou 08/27/2022 7:54PM There are loads of rules, and fraud is an option -- Quaker 08/27/2022 7:32PM It looks like if I’m not claiming him -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 7:40PM This article says 24; not 18 ... -- Quaker 08/27/2022 8:03PM Thanks. Looks like my options might be somewhat limited ** -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 8:15PM What if your wife divorces you -- Zhoo 08/28/2022 11:53AM Divorce has no impact on Fed forms; both parents are responsible -- Quaker 08/28/2022 2:28PM Let’s not get crazy. If my son were -- BocaHoo91 08/28/2022 12:22PM It's a pretty smart strategy so long as the current rules stay in place -- Hoodeac 08/27/2022 6:58PM If the rules change, I just pay off the loan and -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 7:18PM $16k each ** -- Stimp 08/27/2022 7:20PM Thanks Stimp. Thought I was in a time warp for a second. ** -- NJHoo 08/27/2022 9:27PM See my post. Boca is (practically) in the clear on the gift matter. ** -- Stimp 08/27/2022 6:59PM If that makes sense to you, then you should do it. But I believe he has to -- Seattle .Hoo 08/27/2022 6:57PM Not true on the 529 penalty. He can use it for his kids’ -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 7:02PM As long as you qualify, go for it. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 08/27/2022 8:59PM Sounds like there may be more hair on my plan than I was thinking, -- BocaHoo91 08/27/2022 9:06PM Boca can roll it down to boy #2 ** -- Stimp 08/27/2022 6:58PM But wait, there’s more… -- Stimp 08/27/2022 6:55PM Dumb question...(just to stay consistent) If you use the 529 funds for -- Tuckahokie 08/27/2022 6:48PM Like drinkin' or the cover at the Cheetah Lounge, for example? Or a new -- TomGlansAski 08/27/2022 8:08PM Props for a dumb answer ** -- Tuckahokie 08/27/2022 8:11PM It's what you should expect from a dumb poster. IIWII. ** -- ResistHoo 08/27/2022 8:24PM ^^^ Living proof of his own assertion ^^^ ** -- TomGlansAski 08/27/2022 8:27PM ^^^^ Proof xe is as dumb as xis name suggests ^^^^ ** -- ResistHoo 08/27/2022 8:34PM Chill out, man, it was a joke ** -- TomGlansAski 08/27/2022 8:14PM Noboddy bodda me ** -- Tuckahokie 08/27/2022 8:18PM Yes. There is a penalty. ** -- HooAskedYou 08/27/2022 7:56PM