> they had to apply to college knowing what it would cost, chose to take on debt and then the government should "fix" that bad decision for them? Compare and

> they had to apply to college knowing what it would cost, chose to take on debt and then the government should "fix" that bad decision for them? Compare and contrast the length of time it takes a convicted felon to repay their debt to society, even in a country like the US where criminal sentences are quite extreme, with the length of time it takes a well-intentioned kid who made a "bad decision" (that they were almost certainly encouraged to make by the authority figures in their young lives) to pay back a large student loan debt that does not pay off with a high-paying job. > The current situation notwithstanding, why should the government forgive student loans? This is a weird question because the answer is so obvious. For all the same reasons we got rid of debtors' prisons, we allow normal loans to be discharged through bankruptcy, etc.