To people I know in the bottom income brackets, living paycheck to paycheck, the Gig Economy has been old news for years. What's new is the way it's hit the demographic that used to assume that a college degree from an elite school was the passport to job security.

We know that a college degree is rapidly becoming the price of admission to the global economy.

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

I don't play for job security.

Every high school graduate with a Social Security Number is entitled to free or cheap money to pay for college. Completing the FAFSA is the first step in the process. More than 13 million students apply each year. Make sure you are one of them so you don't miss out on money for college.

Every high school graduate with a Social Security Number is entitled to free or cheap money to pay for college. Applying in advance of state and school deadlines gives you the best shot of getting all of the money you are entitled to receive to pay for college.