The author's premise doesn't make sense. Had they known relief was on the horizon, they would have applied to more expensive schools? Biden's not giving away free rides.

By 2018, my freshman year, students at public four-year colleges were getting charged over $21,000 as in-state attendees and over $37,000 as out-of-state attendees, room and board included. Private four-years charged students over $48,000 on average. The average student who graduated with a bachelor's degree from a public university in late 2021—as I did—borrowed over $32,000.

As it stands, they graduated last year debt-free, and now they're crying that they would have enjoyed their teen years more if they had known relief were on the horizon because they would have gone to a more expensive school? And graduated with a minimum of $12k in debt?