Trading a Yacht for a College Education?

Two government spending moves that need to be mentiond in the same sentence as often as possible:

Number One: "the federal government will be able to require millions of college students to shoulder more of the cost of their education under the new spending bill approved yesterday by the House and Senate.

The government moved to change its formula for college aid last year, but was blocked by Congress. Now, however, no such language appears in the appropriations bill lawmakers are considering, clearing the way for the government to scale back college grants for hundreds of thousands of low-income students.

Nearly 100,000 more students may lose their federal grants entirely, as Congress considers legislation that could place more of the financial burden for college on students and their families."

And...

Number Two: "A potential boon for Bush himself, $2 million for the government to try buying back the former presidential yacht Sequoia. The boat was sold three decades ago, and its current owners say the yacht is assessed at $9.8 million and are distressed by the provision."

I want the U.S.S. Sequoia to be to President Bush as windsurfing was to John Kerry.

Update:I'm not alone here: Atrios compares the yacht to the fact that military families are holding fundraisers to send body armor to their kids. As people in the comments there point out, this is basically a pointless, stupid issue but it has the potential for great symbolic power.