[oats]

US also paid reparations to native Americans.

And yes our country is sorely lacking in appropriate tax revenue, broke. And yes the government should not be profiting off of student loans. And other types of predatory practices like pay-day loans should be more regulated - their presence provides very little economic value, but exploit the most vulnerable people in society. This isn't the Middle Ages; we should be able to have compassion for the weakest people in our country without giving them handouts. The way to do that is to have appropriate regulation so people are responsible for their own decisions, but at the same time they aren't getting completely fucked by unethical business behavior.