The accused shooter in the Oxford Township Michigan school massacre is 15 years old yet was charged as an adult. Whenever exceptions are made to protections and rights, it’s always in favor of the state and against the individual. What if sometimes it went the other way around?
Perhaps because they don’t think about it very hard, a lot of people blame those who default on student loans for reneging on an obligation that they under took freely. But let’s not forget, high school seniors at the age of 17 are required to sign loan agreements for up to $57,000. We don’t trust them to rent cars. We don’t issue them credit cards. How can we hold them responsible for decisions that they are not mentally able to handle?
