"The idea that if a state pays for someone's education they subsequently own them is quite repugnant." In 2005, the US Congress voted 302 to 126 that declaring

"The idea that if a state pays for someone's education they subsequently own them is quite repugnant." In 2005, the US Congress voted 302 to 126 that declaring bankruptcy would now not wipe away student debt. The US doesn't let debts fall by the wayside either no matter where the lendee is in the world - the US funded the Argentina military overthrow of Argentina's democracy in 1976, and then "lent" the dictatorship money to carry out the Dirty War, killing off opponents who wanted to restore a democracy. The US demands Argentina pay that debt back today - in October 2012 US courts got Ghana to seize an Argentinian ship in order to pay that debt.