Something is horribly amiss when the government will grant federal aid for education to violent offenders such as murderers, rapists, arsonists, armed robbers and child molesters, but not to a former drug offender trying to get his life back on track. Something is not right when such a law affects drug offenders from wealthy families very little while robbing those convicted of the same crime in poorer families of the opportunity for an education.

Let's get one thing straight: Texas A&M is cheap. In fact, state schools in the South are almost all dirt-cheap in comparison to universities in other parts of the country. Here are a few examples of undergraduate costs at some major universities across the United States: University of Oregon students pay $6,500 for tuition and fees per term.