For those shedding a tear for the kids and families who worked hard to cover their bills ... I assure you, this leavening of a playing field is relatively minor in the scheme of setbacks people face in a career. And I say that having just finished paying my student loans at the tender age of 43. Those who suddenly find themselves with no debt may in fact end up worse off because their razor-sharp, college-educated judgement, finely honed by the whetstones of education and capitalism, just got blunted. We've yet to see how this experiment of Mr. Smith's plays out.