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 othe

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?