Why Do Pell Grants Be Paid For Free Tuition?

According to the NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) 85 percent at a four year college are using Financial Aid (Fast Facts). I am a student who is on a Pell Grant, which is a type of Financial Aid. A Pell Grant provides money from the government for financial help to continue with schooling or college. Grants do not have to be paid back, but if you take out a loans, then you will have to pay back the money. The students who are eligible to receive the grants have a specified amount of money they get each semester or a year under the program. Being on a Pell Grant has helped me through three years of college, but since my mom has gotten a job and they pay well, I will not be able to be on the Pell Grant. She says I will not be able to go off her tax returns because she makes too much. Additionally, she has of bills to pay and she is always behind on them. Also, she helps out my other brothers and sisters financially. Unfortunately, Pell Grants will not look at anything except tax returns. All students deserve to go to college, but due to tuition rising it is making it impossible for students to afford to go.
One argument is, where are we going to get the money to pay for free tuition? According to the article Tuition Fee Policies in
Meanwhile, colleges and universities are under pressure to rethink their traditional modes of operation as they try to compete with an explosion of new educational models, including for-profit institutions, distance learning and so-called MOOCs — massive online open courses that offer free, high-quality instruction to thousands of digitally connected students simultaneously(Future of Public Universities). If the funding were not being cut, then we will be able to have free tuition for college