1) is it fair to ask "children, 17, 18 or 19 years old, to try and assess how much of a student loan debt burden they can handle vis-a-vis their future income over their entire lives"?
2) "people under indentured servitude had the job waiting for them"; students do not.
3) Obviously, after living a lifestyle one cannot afford for several years, it will take more than several years to pay off the debt.
Student loans are not indentured servitude; living above your means is.
> is it fair to ask "children, 17, 18 or 19 years old, to try and assess how much of a student loan debt burden they can handle
I don't know about you, but I discussed that question off and on throughout high school with my parents while deciding where to apply for college. It's not like it was a surprise one morning where I had to decide with no time to prepare or ask someone more experienced about.
1) is it fair to ask "children, 17, 18 or 19 years old, to try and assess how much of a student loan debt burden they can handle vis-a-vis their future income over their entire lives"?
2) "people under indentured servitude had the job waiting for them"; students do not.
3) Obviously, after living a lifestyle one cannot afford for several years, it will take more than several years to pay off the debt.
Student loans are not indentured servitude; living above your means is.