Scary College Costs

Having recently completed the FAFSA ourselves and been astonished to learn that the government calculator believes that approximately 20% of our gross income should be available to pay for one child's college costs, we could certainly relate to this column from yesterday's USA TODAY:

"My response, undoubtedly like yours, was: 'Oh, riiiight.' 'Excuse me?' 'Are they insane?' 'There must be some mistake. I'll recheck my figures.'"