Because you have no choice. If you want a living wage, college isn't optional. Even jobs that should not require anything more than high school are demanding college. Costco wants college grads to stock shelves. Starbucks wants college grads to brew coffee. The only places that don't require college of some sort pay so low you qualify for food stamps. So there's no way to leverage change. You can't not go to college which is the only leverage you have.
Because you have no choice. If you want a living wage, college isn't optional. Even jobs that should not require anything more than high school are demanding college. Costco wants college grads to stock shelves. Starbucks wants college grads to brew coffee. The only places that don't require college of some sort pay so low you qualify for food stamps. So there's no way to leverage change. You can't not go to college which is the only leverage you have.