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So, we're going back to indentured servitude by bits and pieces? Progress indeed.

• gojomo 12y ago
  The only compulsion here is eventual payment, and in fact this seems to preserve more individual autonomy than debt. The other alternative would be to tax other Oregonians more... for the benefit of students who might not stay in Oregon. If an opt-in levy on the direct beneficiary strikes you as 'indentured servitude', a compulsory tax on third parties would be what? Outright slavery?
• tadfisher 12y ago
  Voluntarily entering into a contractual agreement is indentured servitude?
  • angersock 12y ago
    I'm not really sure that furthering precedent for giving away equity in oneself is a good idea--consider the novel The Unincorporated Man.
  • pessimizer 12y ago
    Yes. Literally. Indentured servitude is when someone voluntarily enters into a contractual agreement to serve for a certain number of years in return for a payment. What did you think it meant? edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude "Farmers, planters, merchants, and shopkeepers in the American colonies found it very difficult to hire free workers, primarily because it was so easy for potential workers to set up their own farms. Consequently, a common solution was to transport a young worker from Britain or a German state, who would work for several years to pay off the debt of their travel costs. During the indenture period the servants were not paid cash wages, but were provided with food, accommodation, clothing and training. The indenture document specified how many years the servant would be required to work, after which they would be free. Terms of indenture ranged from one to seven years with typical terms of four or five years"