77. Cancel Student Debt...But Make it Sexy

This week, Madeline & Kenna talk about student loans, the military budget, and why our congresspeople are are straight up freaks! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-great-recession-affected-millennials-2019-8#the-recession-has-contributed-to-the-rise-in-crippling-student-loan-debt-5 https://thecollegeinvestor.com/32031/average-student-loan-debt-by-year/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/01/30/house-gets-younger-senate-gets-older-a-look-at-the-age-and-generation-of-lawmakers-in-the-118th-congress/ https://www.salary.com/research/salary/posting/tenured-professor-salary https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2017/12/the-bennett-hypothesis-turns-30/ https://dustyoldthing.com/electronics-prices-change/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2020/08/31/a-new-study-investigates-why-college-tuition-is-so-expensive/?sh=46802d6617a0 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/11/14/recent-college-graduates-have-the-highest-unemployment-rate-in-decadesheres-why-universities-are-to-blame/?sh=79e24d93320b https://www.bankrate.com/loans/student-loans/why-is-college-expensive/ https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/unemployment-earnings-education.htm https://www.thirdway.org/report/which-college-programs-give-students-the-best-bang-for-their-buck https://www.creditdonkey.com/television-statistics.html https://www.upi.com/Archives/1957/10/04/Soviets-beat-US-first-into-space/1021624841129/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/politics/college-costs-student-loans-federal-aid/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/politics/us-student-loan-debt-timeline/index.html https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/you-can-pause-two-student-loan-payments-but-should-you https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/debt-relief-lawsuits-qa https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-student-loan-debt-trends-economic-impact https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-crisis https://www.thebalancemoney.com/student-loan-debt-crisis-breakdown-4171739 https://scholarshipamerica.org/blog/the-far-reaching-impact-of-the-student-debt-crisis/ https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/06/this-is-how-student-loan-debt-became-a-1point7-trillion-crisis.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-11-26/The-U-S-student-debt-crisis-and-why-it-is-strange-to-China-VJtuZPfLtC/index.html eplan.com/what-countries-offer-free-college/ https://iop.harvard.edu/get-involved/harvard-political-review/waste-greed-and-fraud-business-makes-world%E2%80%99s-greatest-army https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-money-has-the-us-given-ukraine-since-russias-invasion/ https://quincyinst.org/2022/02/03/what-a-waste-778-billion-for-the-pentagon-and-still-counting/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/03/09/bidens-new-whopping-866b-defense-budget-request/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/tuition-free-college.html https://fortune.com/education/articles/how-does-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-impact-borrowers-and-the-economy/ https://www.npr.org/2019/07/10/738506646/student-debt-forgiveness-sounds-good-what-might-happen-if-the-government-did-it https://educationdata.org/what-happens-if-student-loan-debt-is-canceled