Pell Grants No Longer Serve Their Intended Purpose

Krugman picks up on a point made in the post below. He posts a graph that shows how that Pell Grants, which had enabled low income students to attend college, have not kept up with the cost of attending college. He suggests that we ask pundits, who place education at the forefront of their strategy for improving US economic competitiveness, if they are in favor of increasing the value of Pell Grants.