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A few points here:</p>
<p>1) parents are not generally expected to get the entire tuition out of one year’s income. For most families it would be hard to even get $20K out of one year’s salary, let alone $50+K. They get Loans, etc. </p>
<p>2) Even if your father had managed to put away $50K every year before taxes, if he didn’t just put it in a zip-interest bank account, he would have lost a s$*tload of it in the crash. Welcome to State U.</p>
<p>3) Kids are penalized for their parents financial decisions all the time. And for their lifestyle decisions. And for their worklife decisions. Etc. etc. That’s how the parent thing works. What 'til you get there.</p>