Letters to the Editor: L.A. Times readers can't rescue every kid unable to afford UC
To the editor: The story of Jonathan Cornejo is meant to be heartwarming: A low-income student's dreams of attending UC San Diego are rescued by th...
To the editor: The story of Jonathan Cornejo is meant to be heartwarming: A low-income student's dreams of attending UC San Diego are rescued by the generosity of strangers who read about his plight in the L.A. Times. Except there are countless other Jonathans, equally deserving, who didn't happen to be the subject of a newspaper article. And it's a fair bet that some of the people who gave to the student's cause would object to paying higher taxes so that those thousands could also afford college — even if the tax increase would be less than what they donated.