A consumerist mentality at our colleges and universities. Really? I'll bet you use a lot of adjuncts, too, Dr. Ramsey. I have a graduate degree and make minimum wage teaching at a small college--like the adjuncts at your school. No practical return on investment there.
As for not being a burden on society, I'll need to take early retirement in two years and thus "strain the system." If I were paid what I was worth, I'd go to age 66. But I can't afford to. I need the money.