Great article. Student debt is a modern form of indentured servitude. Without an education, it's hard to advance, and in order to get an education the young barter years of their lives, in many cases. Your idea is one way to avoid onerous debt. Another is for people to become politically active and insist that an affordable college education is as essential today as a high school education was two generations ago. College should be free. Would be good for students, good for society. I did go free, on scholarship, and as years go by realize what a benefit that was.