When I was an intern at Duke University Medical Center, I made $200 a month. Out of that I paid $5 income tax. I didn't mind.
BTW my wife, a student at Chapel Hill, and I lived on the remaining $190/month. It was a tight squeeze, but we managed.
This is one big reason I am strongly opposed to the cancellation of student loan debts. There is no just reason for me to be forced to pay off someone else's college debts when I did not go into debt myself.
Theres no moral claim that can support society paying for others personal debts. They entered into contracts voluntarily, as did we, and we paid off our debts. No one forced them into these contracts.