Let’s talk the Student Debt Trap

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Everyone knows someone with student debt, and oftentimes, the debt can be absolutely crippling. I believe the student debt crisis is destroying a generation. So in this video, I break down how college went from affordable to crushing, why debt has ballooned, and how new laws like the Big Beautiful Bill are making things worse. We’ll look at the history of tuition costs, the shift from grants to loans, and the way this debt is reshaping entire generations — from delaying homeownership to limiting innovation.

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student loan facts: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-rea...
average amount borrowed: https://educationdata.org/average-stu...
Duke's current tuition: https://financialaid.duke.edu/how-aid...
Seattle Times piece on paying for college with a summer job: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-...
average cost of college tuitions: https://www.businessinsider.com/perso...
college tuition used to be free for much of US: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/...
Time Magazine on our lack of pediatricians: https://time.com/7024080/why-you-cant...
student loan debt delays life milestones: https://news.gallup.com/poll/643328/s...
college is free in Germany: https://www.studying-in-germany.org/i...
past talks of forgiving student debt: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
'Big Beautiful Bill' strips people of healthcare: https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/...
'Big Beautiful Bill' strips people of food assistance: https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-as...
'Big Beautiful Bill' gives trillion dollar tax break to the rich: https://itep.org/top-1-to-receive-1-t...
NABTU statement on trade jobs: https://nabtu.org/press_releases/nabt...
public schools seen as common good: https://www.humanities.org/spark/when...
history and evolution of public education in the US: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED...


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⏰ Time Stamps:
0:00 We're in a crisis
1:45 college wasn't always so expensive
3:35 how'd we get here?
5:14 we're losing amazing potential
6:41 people are struggling
7:56 other countries don't do this
8:56 "Big Beautiful Bill" making things worse
11:04 the trades instead?
11:36 a generation being destroyed

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