$30,000 in student loans after graduating in 2002 with a bachelo

Cape May - $30,000 in student loans after graduating in 2002 with a bachelors in electrical engineering. Already 35, had a career with prior experience before that, so starting salary was around $75,000 a year & was able to advance quickly.
I did not get a nicer apartment, or a new car, or a new computer, join a nicer gym, or eat at nicer restaurants, I paid the loans off in 3 years. This is a slap in the face to those of us that returned what we borrowed. It appears the US government raised two generations of parasites...