I think the hang up is that he is offering the loans and controls the available jobs on Mars.
If I get a loan from Bank of America, I have a lot of work options not controlled by Bank of America to earn the money to pay it back.
yeah, but his terms, i'm sure he would have no need for a sales department on mars, only if you have valuable skills to contribute, or at the very least provide manual labour. The complaint here is that some are saying "oh, you'll provide loans for people to go to mars, but they have to work it off? that's unfair"
I’m sure he would have terms. And probably it would be okay.
I also think that people aren’t caught up in idea that you have to pay it back. That’s how loans work, and for most people that means working to earn the money.
This issue is, than he is holding the loan *and* the job. There’s no options. If I work somewhere that treats me poorly or misuses my skills or maybe I just hate it, I can move to a different organization. Or maybe I become a very valuable asset and earn the organization an increasing amount of money. And maybe the employer, who is making interest off my loan and money on my labor is not interested in giving me a raise appropriate to my contribution and there’s nothing I can do about it because there’s nowhere else to work on Mars and I am indentured until the loan is paid.
that's the option, either take the loan with his conditions, or don't, you definitely won't get a loan from anyone else when they know you'll be offworld
If I get a loan from Bank of America, I have a lot of work options not controlled by Bank of America to earn the money to pay it back.
I also think that people aren’t caught up in idea that you have to pay it back. That’s how loans work, and for most people that means working to earn the money.
This issue is, than he is holding the loan *and* the job. There’s no options. If I work somewhere that treats me poorly or misuses my skills or maybe I just hate it, I can move to a different organization. Or maybe I become a very valuable asset and earn the organization an increasing amount of money. And maybe the employer, who is making interest off my loan and money on my labor is not interested in giving me a raise appropriate to my contribution and there’s nothing I can do about it because there’s nowhere else to work on Mars and I am indentured until the loan is paid.