Nobody forces you to spend 200k on a student loan, and people which nonestly and dutyfully paid back theirs -or never applied for one!- shouldn't pay off yours.

Nobody forces you to spend 200k on a student loan, and people which nonestly and dutyfully paid back theirs -or never applied for one!- shouldn't pay off yours. I am pretty sure even in the US there are many well-earning people that didn't went to college. It is just that it is seen as a must b/c marketing something works with most people. One top-important thing in life you need are connections, solves many things.