So because they didn’t have more than one kid in college, they complained and now NO ONE gets that benefit? It wasn’t discriminating against the ‘one kid’ families, as they got no less from the formula. The ‘two plus’ families may have received federal aid, but now that they won’t the ‘one kid’ families get no more (no Pell, no extra loan or subsidized loan) than they got under the old formula.
Rich people can argue that because they don’t qualify for Pell no one should, or because they don’t get a subsidized loan no one should get that. Seems a little petty to argue that because I don’t get a benefit, you shouldn’t get one either.