It should be affordable as it puts even students from middle class or higher in a bind as well.
To be honest my parents are too wealthy for me to get government assistance and my parents pay for most of of my school and I am thankful for that.
If they did not I would have to work full time hours and go to school....or work part time on the pole or something and before you laugh I know some girls who do and that is the only way for a millennial to pay fully for school these days..