>I said that many people working minimum or low wages have college debts; I did not say that “one can only get a minimum wage job with a college degree.” I was

>I said that many people working minimum or low wages have college debts; I did not say that “one can only get a minimum wage job with a college degree.” I was trying to be subtle and I thought it was obvious. It's (mostly) down to accountability and the choices that people make. If you go into debt and choose to study "Stem/Law/Finance", you mostly won't be working in a minimal paying job. If you go into debt and choose to study (I don't know) "French Art Literature", you might have problems getting by. Is this 100% guarantee? Of course not, having Finance from Wharton and choosing to live in farmland state won't do you that much good. If you have a law degree from Harvard and choose to look after an ageing parent in SmallTown, US, you'll most likely have a hard time. Sometimes bad things happen to people. However I don't believe the majority of graduates are in that position. I suspect they made bad decisions in choosing their major, maybe they partied too much and didn't get the grade they wanted. Of course, you might have to move to a major city. If you don't that's a choice. I don't understand why there is an expectation that if you spent a great deal of money to go to college and then don't have a valuable skill that you can sell to society, that everyone should give you a break.