Would you take $30,000 a year, every year, for the rest of your life, under the condition that you could never earn another penny?

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Irvin Uriarte

student

“No, because the reason I’m going to school is so I can earn a higher income.”

Andrew Romel

student/security guard

“No because I have a son and I have to make more money than that. That’s why I’m going to school.”

Jessica Perez

student

“I would take it because I don’t spend more than $30,000 a year anyway.”

Manna Vios

full-time student

“I would take it so I don’t have to work and I could do whatever.”

This article appears in Aug 30 – Sep 6, 2012.