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Volvie:
Thank you for bringing the tone down, & noting that I may have been too harsh myself.
I may not like certain Halachos, but I still have to follow them. We (as Yirayim) do not practice “Emotional Halacha”. If halacha says go without shabbos clothes, eat Pasta or rice on Shabbos & set your thermostat to 14 or 15 degrees (C), or to work at Wal Mart or similar so that can pay more in tuition you should follow. (The going without heat to pay tuition is from the famous story with the Ridvaz, brought down in the Maggid books).
Those who have more may help, but there are many needs and to take away from those who do need (and sacrifice to subsidize the tuition of those who do not pay, in a situation similar to what havesomeseichel pointed out) is not right either. There are Halachos of Tzedoka that need to be followed as well.
And once again, we are not discussing those who had a job which would have paid the 50K in tuition in the first place (let alone other costs). However, I would expect them to forgo certain luxuries (even though I might be Chayiv to pay for them for him, he is Chayiv to give them up) in order to pay additional tuition funds (if he is a G-d fearing Jew, not someone who doesn’t care for their child’s Chinuch).