..for free. Would you have paid $60K - to $100K plus for the same? That is what students are facing now.
Very few would disagree with the intangible benefits of a university education. They question is, how much is it worth, and how much debt should you take on to obtain those benefits?
This is coulda, shoulda, woulda type of question. I was raised in former Soviet Union and as a consequence was able to get great education without having to pay for it directly.
What it would be for me if I was born in the US - no slightest idea. I could've been rich or poor. It is useless to speculate.