Of course anyone can wait until age 25 and go to college on the government's dime - until that age your parents income is considered, even if they are not helping you in any way. So I am hearing of kids working at minimum wage jobs, partying and just getting by until age 25 when they qualify for Pell Grants, other assistance from the schools, assitance with housing and food stamps. By then, most kids are already out of school and paying their own student loans and now getting to pay taxes to assist these kids in going to school for free. You would think more 20 somethings would vote Republican, wouldn't you?
And let us not also consider one can keep their adult children (ha) on their medical programs until age 26. That is probably not considered income either.