Hasan Minhaj Calls Out Congress Over Student Loans: ‘You Paid Far Less For Your Degrees’ | NBC News
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2019
- While testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, comedian Hasan Minhaj called out members of Congress for the student loan crisis by comparing current tuition costs to what they originally paid for the same school, which showed a 110 percent increase in overall tuition costs.
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Hasan Minhaj Calls Out Congress Over Student Loans: ‘You Paid Far Less For Your Degrees’ | NBC News
College today is a business. Not an education
your required to take rock studies course for your nurse degree thats just an exageration btw but thats how i see it
College is a indoctrination to the mindset of the elites.
Also political indoctrination
Fact.
My friend everything these days is business
The fact that you can die of old age with student loans is dumb by itself
Depends what age you started college and the college and profession you chose. None of it is mandatory. You can choose many other options. I am in student debt too, but I dont feel the need to continuously complain, cry or stay negative. We can adjust and move on. Have a nice day, person.
RedRose7997 he can say what he wants. Sometimes people stay in school for years so that’s why their loans are so high. We know what we signed up for when we take out loans. Next, people will complain about car loans.
Zechariah Cameron so you’re comparing getting into college, which is almost a necessity in today’s society, to buying a car which is generally a luxury expense that can be bought for 2k$. That’s not even close, there’s why tens of millions aren’t in debt to car companies
Depends on what career you get. There’s to many factors.
@@crzxm stfu
Tries to go to college: You need money
Tries to get job: You need college
*Goes to college, goes in debt*
Tries to get job again: You need experience
Tries to pay back loans: You need a job
Oh boy
The new dead end cycle.
It used to be
Tried to get Job: Need education.
Tried to get education: Need enough money to afford education
Tried to get well paying job: Need education to get the job that pays for college.
Joins military to get money for college:
Applies to Job: Do you have any experience other than military
I guess its the same cycle minus the debt. But you know what trumps the cycle having connections to get you in education or not.
Fror Firebasher tries to get a job: ok work your way us from the bottom. It’s like y’all haven’t ever worked a job before.
You don’t need college for a factory job
So depressing and true 🤦🏻♀️😭
@@DogNuggetz what factory jobs? How old are you? Grandpa is that you?
Wish the legislators understood a tenth of what Hasan said.
You cannot teach a blind person to see.
@@yoyoprofessorxavier when you are paid, it's easy
They understand. They just don't care.
They understand they just have different agendas, answer to people benefiting from said policies or are benefiting themselves from it. The list is endless
Avaya Rath those who don't understand anything know absolutely nothing.
You know society is failing when the comedians are making the most sense more than government
Raghu Seetharaman how are you going to tell him who he’s listening to?
Kyng Kraken I’m pretty sure Hasan got a degree in Political Science or something, but I get your point.
The majority of areas that are failing in the country are Democratic districts. Just saying. I am 27 and in my 10 years of paying attention to politics i have never seen such dirty and dispicable acts by the Democratic party. The outright lies and disrespect. The refusal to speak to those on the other side of the isle. Republicans aren't saints but at least they seem to use logic and common semse.
Amen to your statement Kyng Kraken!!
The government attracts worthless parasites who have never had a real job and thus have never had to earn a dollar through honest, hard work.
College is too expensive and doesn’t always guarantee you a job.
World Eater it’s too expensive to not guarantee you a job
If you think having an education is rough, try not getting one
I agree.
World Eater Imagine if everyone in the world had your mindset... we’d be screwed. Nothing in life is guaranteed, except your death. That doesn’t mean you stop living.
Trade jobs are the best now.
Shame on America for throwing an entire generation under the bus.
No, I think it's more like *INTO A JET ENGINE*
Right now, sadly, America has a lot to be ashamed of. There was a time when I was proud to be American, but that was long, long ago--barely remember it...
I swear if he runs for any political position, I'm voting for him.
U shouldnt .hes a comedian
@@vvs25 an educated comedian*... not dissing the president's actions but he came from a reality show. Politics is about representing the people, no matter what the person's previous profession is
@@vvs25 Activist Comedian !
@@nileshmohapatra4013 actually not, or he would have noticed that all industries' products which are heavily supported by the government are somehow getting less and less affordable.
That's why you'll forever be in debt. You're that dumb.
I went into the military to pay for my college. Still in debt
What? How is that even possible? I wanted to enlist just for the idea of not having debt ? 😪
@@latefanelum1303 There's no way you're not going to be in debt. This is America. Unless you move to California and want to go to a Community College for free. They just started this and they're not telling the open public but if you've never been in college you can go for free here. Then they'll charge you afterwards so..
@@padrescott2047 Incoming freshman don't get to pay for their attendance to community college in California. I'm entering my 6th year in community and I have to pay. This new law doesn't apply to everyone attending community colleges.
@Dan Probably doesn't cover everything is my guess.
@@padrescott2047 What I live in California I Just graduated 2 years ago from High School so I can go to community college for free???
"I will now go back to where I came from" lmaoo
😂
steve119md "the world a stage you..." wtf. u da fool loFl
joapps you’re letting a missed word be the rock you hold onto in your ignorance.
Subliminal message 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I laughed waaaaay to hard wen he said that.
😂🤣 “i will now go back to where i came from” im dead
Daniel Yakovlev right? His testimony was inspirational and amazing, but that closing line was an absolute clap and I love
It was petty haha none of these people would say these things to trump head on he’s too smart for them😂
Hunter Maurice the words trump and smart should never be in the same sentence. The guy is one of the most corrupt political leaders in the history of our nation, employing corruption, fear, and the involvement of political adversaries to aid in his rise to power
Stop hating on trump!! Stop it!!! This trump derangement syndrome is what is going to get him re-elected!! This attitude only emboldens him and his voters. Just like empeachment will only strengthen him 1000 folds. STOP IT!
This is liberal garbage
Waste of his time the people he's talking too will do absolutely nothing
Never underestimate the power of speech 😄👍
@@lightman2258
Boy how naive could you possibly be?
Student loan debt has been a issue for decades and every freaking year it gets worse.
But you gotta respect him for it though.
The Last Mohican Well, never talking about it will keep that same notion.
That’s a very sad statement from you
1 minute into the video and I felt like I am watching Patriot Act minus the cool graphics
Yeah, and too bad everything he said fell on deaf ears. They don’t care.
Lol agreed
you a real one
And minus the cussing lol
EXACTLY!!!! LOL
He deserves an applause, although I doubt anyone was truly listening to him except the students out there
I would applaud, that was a great speech.
Johnny Clash we love u Hassan!!
He literally said nothing.. yes college costs have increased far faster than inflation.. everyone knows that already.. thx captain obvious.. he seems to have no clue why.
Somethings wrong when our government is funnier than a comedian
Something wrong with your sense of humor for sure.
Somethings wrong with this stolen comment
Timo Arnaldo hassan minaj is a comedian though he does political shows but he started off with comedy
@@MisterJackson2U you don't think what we have had in the white house the past 4 years to be the laughing stock of the world?
@@silverwindspirit No because people dying and being oppressed isn't funny to me.
Instead of looking at student loans can we look at why these colleges are so expensive? I think I’ve learned more watching RUclips videos and RUclips is free.
Government involvement. The solution to a problem caused by government involvement is seldom more government involvement, but at the same time its never the sudden withdrawl of that involvement either because the shock to the system would also be bad.
I believe the most reasonable solution I've heard is to reign in Sallie Mae, stop exempting student loans from things like bankruptcy, to start regulating tuition of schools that accept government insured funds for tuition, and to work out a way to ease the financial burden on students who were taken advantage of during the price gouging that occured because of the government's involvement(such as a tax on higher learning institutions that accept government insured loans that they aren't allowed to roll back into tuition that goes toward repaying student loan debts for the affected).
Jeff Allen because colleges are a scam and waste of time. you spend your entire money and life pursuing a degree that could or couldn't land you a job, it's a hit or miss. but even if you DO land a job you would still be giving back to the government in the form of "taxes", and on top of w.e loans you borrowed during the time you went out of your way to pursue that worthless degree that means little to nothing. better to just frame it on a wall, at least it has value there. and if you want a high-end degree that actually matters in today's society prepare to work your butt off for it, because not everyone has the mind to afford to keep up with those demanding fields...
But the internet required to view RUclips for free isn't free.🤷♂️😂
Lungelo Kweyama so you can’t sit in a public library and watch RUclips or read a book? 👌
@@bigcheesee19 I don't read books. It's not for me it makes me sleep.🤷♂️😂
With all the debt the people are carrying it's sure to collapse at some point. You can't keep squeezing the poor and middle class without a major problem.
It has to give at some point. You're absolutely right.
Everyone should default on their student loans.
Víðarr Kerr Well as of this past January,count me in! But it’s cool I made a $2500 payment thanks to them taking 100% of my tax return....
@@joeearnshaw7853 I stopped paying my student loans completely. Too bad about your tax returns. That really sucks. Not much you can do about that as far as I know. Maybe someone else has figured a way around it.
@@VidarrKerr you cab stop paying but they will keep charging and adding more money.
Man, I applaud Hasan for standing up for young people and their future! Jon Stewart would be proud.
Stop saying he's dead!
@@camelthegamer7165 He's not. Just saying that since Hasan is doing similar activism what Jon just did a couple months back, and since Hasan was recruited by Jon and left while Trevor was the Daily Show host, he is practicing what he preaches on his show Patriot Act, which I assume you love it as well. Again, there's no where in my comment that suggested that Jon is dead (though he is no longer on tv as often as he is).
Watch patriots act on Netflix! If u haven’t. Man does his homework!
The only question will be if any of this makes a difference.
@@soccerruben1 I think they thought that because you said "... He WOULD be so proud." So since you said it in that way it sounds like you mean if Jon were still around he WOULD be so proud.
“And I will now go back to where I came from” 😂😂😂😂😂
bobby elmi I laughed so hard at that! 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 golden line
Back to the dumb dumb farm.
Jason N yes you must be talking about yourself because that’s the only thing you’re capable of typing on multiple peoples posts.
Jason N I’m sorry but i think your too young/ immature for RUclips. In fact anyone who uses “dumb dumb” as an adult should be mentally classified as a child.
I was stupid enough to go to a private college that is charging me 50k a year, don’t do that. No college is worth that much.
Absolutley correct!
I didn't know Monsters University was a private school, Mike Wazowski. I'm sorry.
Criss Vo it is. Mr. Waternoose is greedy
allsparkwars2 😂
Criss Vo 😂
I love how he threw in that random pro-tip on who post malone was. dying.
I laughed aloud in a crowded room.
He had to,those old fart congresspeople wouldn't know who Post Malone is otherwise..they probably still don't know
Nav V criticizing America doesn’t make you anti American, it just means you want your country to be better
@Nav V Thanks... now he's going back to where he came from. YOU IGNORANT IMBECILE.... PARASITE THAT CORPORATE AMERICA LOVES.
gennaterra So Hasan’s going back to Davis, CA?
“Thank you for your time and I will now go back to where I came from.” I laughed like a maniac after hearing him say that. He knows what the haters are really thinking lol
Hahaha he’s a sharp dude
I applaud for this man.
Hahaha the shade he just threw at everyone
I love him
🐐
“Now I will go back to where I came from,”I have all the respect for that
Sudo Sudo well that’s how we are seen as
what did he mean by that?
@@inanotheruniversemynameisj5813 Trump said that in a speech about a foreign congresswoman.
Most of the time, when kids get out of college they apply for a job and get denied for not having experience.
My brother graduated with his bachelor's degree with experience and was denied 3 different jobs. Reason why? Because he was over qualified. Went for his Master's degree graduated in 2017 just to get a part time job and 50k in student loan.
Bee Thao 🤦🏽♀️
Agreed. Sum1 define overqualified in a recession economy?
yep if you dont have an internship your screwed
Or you have work experience but no degree.
It's not just college costs that have went up far more than wages. It's everything, from houses, to cars, to household supplies. Everything got inflated except wages. This is by design. This is wage slavery.
and insurances too!
It ain't easy getting pimped by the government to corporate johns who like butt play.
And it can only happen to one generation. Y'all taking one for the team.
@Dontthreadonme except for when it gets to the point that the things you cant yet afford are the things you need to survive. You can't "work and save" for food and medicine, that's not how it works, and that's right where we're headed.
@Dontthreadonme Yeah you're right. They must have been motivated and happy or something when they realized they only needed to pay 33% for the cost of a degree. Good for them, screw us, pay up. 20 years gimme gimme.
At least provide the man with a mic he can drop!
🤣🤣
Hahaha
😂🤣
💯💯💯💯💯💯
And with the words.. thank you for your time, now I will go back to where I came from *drops mike* 😆❤️
college should have been teaching actual courses for the major instead of spending more money on stupid hours of gen eds and instead focusing more on major
HydroGen exactly! They need to encourage more career exploration starting in junior high through high school. This allows us to get idea for what we like and being major required courses right out of high school. GEs were such a waste of money and time
yeah, i'm trying to major in Computer User Support...wondering why i need to buy books and get side tracked for classes like Astronomy and Anthropology. Like, do i really need to know how to identify star classes and measure their distance while talking about old cultures when i am setting up a local network for a small office?? WtF
Nicole Jarel I say this all the time...👍🏾
I thought like you once. I thought that all I would ever need to know was the stuff I needed for my major. I should only ever take computer science and math classes, no philosophy, no writing, no cultural geography.
And then I figured out that not only were these classes helping me with my major (turns out distilling complex ideas/critical thinking skills is how computer science, math, and essays work) but these courses also helped me get a larger understanding of the world around me. If I were educated in just my major classes, I would be a drone, a worker bee... I would have missed out on the interesting understanding of the world that I have today.
I am not yet out of school, and I'm looking for a job right now. But I'm really glad that I am better educated than I strictly need to be. If I ever have kids, I will strongly encourage them to learn as much as they can, even if that learning is not geared towards a job.
If you go down engineering in a tech college, literally all you do is engineering and engineering internships / study abroads
If college was a grand a year id be going for my doctorate by now
Dude when he said that I was WTF, I would be done ages ago
So would everyone else.
snji zak Okay boomer, forgot auto correct existed.
And boomers complain that we're lazy because we can't afford college LMFAO
Lazy? Its lazy to go to college for nursing, law school, business, and therapy degrees? Wow, youre ignorant. You have no logic in your statement. “Real jobs” are included in these said “lazy degrees”. Baby boomers are all talk and no knowledge. These assumptions based on conjecture and lack of experience and knowledge.
All I see you kids do is play on your phones
Love how you make it a generation thing unbelievable
“Love how you make it a generation thing” as you make it one too , hahaha.
paulie walnuts go back to knitting a dress or something, your generations time is up.
The rest of the people in the room dont care. Most of them came from rich families with no struggles. Just laughing at everyone.
Pretty much.
Pessimistic but very likely
Then become wealthy. If you don't seek wealth everyday to better you and/or your family, that's too bad for you.
@@mezzafinook if that's what you retained from that. Yes.
Andy Denial wow dude great advice. Really great. Best advice I’ve ever heard. Thanks so much so your input
It’s all bc the government backs the loans. So colleges charge whatever price they want.
Finally someone gets it.
Pretty much what he said in the video
Oh thank God. Someone who isn't crater-headed.
“But back in my day I had a job to pay for my college”....Yeah, because you could afford the tuition back in the 80’s and prior. I worked full time and took a full course load. After rent (lived in off campus apartments with 2 other room mates, car insurance, cell phone bill, electric and internet, I was literally working to live, not to pay for college.
Also rents have skyrocketed, and they need to put that into account also. Even students living offcampus, piled in like sardines are splitting high rent costs in many of the major university cities.
Old people stuck in the past and deciding how the new generations should be run using morals/beliefs from the 1900s. So sad.
You shouldn’t have to be in debt for wanting to be a functioning member of society
In the USA, you are born into debt. It's called the National Debt. It's always going up and simply gets put on the next generation. It will never be paid back. Eventually, there's going to be a bust.
Then get a major that can offset the price of the loan.....
@@christiantheologyunited3707 The Fed controls the money supply. It was never meant to be paid back. It is used to create perpetual debt.
@@letsgetcancer7265
that's a conspiracy and a half. especially since its definitely possible to pay back the debt. if it wasn't meant to be paid back it would be much much harder than it is right now
@@christiantheologyunited3707 You are telling people to go to college, and yet you think that the Fed Reserve is a conspiracy. The Fed Reserve is real. Someone skipped economics.
I love how companies are advertising jobs as Internships and Entry Level but want you to have 2 to 3 years of experience as well
That was the most infuriating thing when I was trying to get an internship to finish my undergrad degree.
That even applied for UNPAID internships!
DelbertStinkfester Programmers have it worst lol. Knows at least 5 different languages. Familiar with all software for version controls, compilers, OS, VM. Be willing to crunch for unpaid overtime...for entry level.
@OP
Companies: "We want ppl with 2+ yes of on the job experience but none of us wanna B U R D E N ourselves with making them."
@@Aliens1337
Quick pet peeve: ppl taking about "unpaid overtime" talk about it as if they were capped at 40 hrs and required to work off the clock for no pay.
Not that they're getting paid at the regular rate for mandatory extra hours instead of getting paid 1.5x or more for those mandatory extra hours
Internships? What a load of crap! Come and work for us and we dont pay you for your work. This has to end! So billionaires can enjoy paying even less apart from avoiding tax.
Education has changed, as an older student finishing a degree I can see the difference between generations.
Going to college was the absolute worse decision i ever made.
EZ R - me too...
Or both of you could get jobs and stop playing the victim card and actually pay back the money you legally owe!
Asad Awawdeh ignorance is bliss and you found a way to channel it into misery.
Landon Tucker - actually, I have a job. I’ve been working in accounting for 20 plus years.
@@LandoTs and he's ignorant? Obviously not the people getting in debt because they probably took big loans for degrees that weren't worth so much.
What hit me hard was when he said “Navient”. That’s where Im getting my student loans.
Vossalicious me too
Navient took over for Sally Mae. Come on y'all speed up.
Who else remembers Hasan doing his Patriot Act episode on Student Loans?
I just rewatched the a bunch of episodes a couple weeks ago so yeah. Also that one was 6 months ago which kinda surprised me. Next month will be the show's 1 year anniversary.
Ryeman I can't exec believe it's been that long.. I love the show!
He seems awesome but he
Everyone.
It's not like that's a long time ago...
I don't agree with "Everyone should go to college". No, not everybody should go to college. For some people, going to a trade school, entering the work force, or hustling and starting a business is better.
I agree that not everyone should go to college, but the upcoming issue with people not being able to pursue education is that uneducated jobs will be and already are starting to be replaced with robotics. While it won't be a critical issue for at least another decade or so, it will eventually be an issue, and any people in the distant future who don't have a degree of some kind may have a much harder time finding stable employment.
Why can’t we use the nation wide lottery funds to pay for college instead of just a select few students.
@@jacquelinel1618 But it only select a few students...
Lmao bruh Post Malone really went from SoundCloud to getting mentions in Congress hearings 😂
Fr
What a glow-up
By using black culture
He winning lol
The internet is unparalleled
I borrowed 16k 10 years ago from AES. to date I've paid them back 35k. To date they say I still owe them 21k. Wtf.
You should've read your contract instead of just signing away
You didn't get a degree in math or accounting I take it...
@@bluecold60 When 16/17 year olds are the ones signing these contracts after 13 years of constantly being told by teachers and parents and all their adult role models that they will be nothing, failures, and be impovershed on the streets if they don't go to college.. I doubt you can really blame them
@RedRose7997
No, it isn't a reasonable assumption at all. Banks don't exist to coddle and take care of you and make sure you get a good deal. Caveat emptor. That's a reasonable assumption. As long as you're willing to mismanage your affairs, there will always be someone willing to take your money.
@@rovichi8297
Nice try. A minor can't sign a valid contract. If only a sixteen year old signs a contract, the contract is unenforceable. These are adults, who act like children.
America no longer has educators...they have “programmers.”
College is a business, every time I turn around tuition is going up. I don’t know how I am going to pay off my student loans.
It's the perfect scam. Unforgivable loans. Given to teenagers. Who pledge their future income to you. At some point you realize you can charge whatever you want. And with no need to promise that future job will even exist.
Just like with mortgages, the loans themselves inflate the cost. Just because they exist.
It's all about future money, which the child might possibly make. It's not real money. It's all smoke and mirrors.
And interest rates go up every year. It did not make sense to me.
Felt like a trap
@SADJesus yo no sabe, mi amigo.
Any loan by individuals is commitment of future income
@Hey Mister DJ Schools don't teach them any better.
daniel albo r/whooooooosh
Bringing facts to Washington, D.C.? Oh yes he did!
minimum wage was 1.30$ in 1971, median money income of families in the United States was $9,870 in 1970. school cost about the same price.
@@Probonoman it does cost more but really not as much as they are making it out to be. they need to learn to not live above their means and be adult about it
Semper Fi
@@structuremanchop6054
nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_330.10.asp
Average cost of college in 1963 = $9,361.00 Minimum wage in 1963 = $1.25 or 0.013% of
college Average cost of college in 2012 = $39,173.00 Minimum wage in 2012 = $7.25 or 0.018% of college
bringing facts to Washington D.C. makes no difference
🤣😂🤣😂
My college lost their accreditation yet I'm still having to pay them back.
Sue them lol. It’s the thing to do these days. Then you can say well call my debt even and save from paying your lawyer and we will both go our own separate ways.
Sue!
High school should teach life skills not who ruled Chingling province in 1322.
Theyll teach you about osmosis but cant teach you how to do your taxes.
History is important and its important to learn how to learn things and research. Dont be anti education
@@Cowboydjrobot I'm not anti education I'm anti-irrelevant education. If people want to learn in depth history that should be a choice. All I'm saying is that in grades 9-12 they need to prepare you for the real world as the majority of students won't persue higher education. High school teaches you almost nothing about the real world.
Exactly my point.. Most of the education you learn in high school isn't applicable to the real world as an adult. History is great, science is great education is great but these things should be electives not mandatory.
"I will now go back to where I came from" he said it himself before they tell him. 👏👏👏
Smart actually. Take away the threat before it even begins
Elias Habibi not really smart to take any validity of your argument away from them because they for sure will ignore it when you end it with something stupid like that.
Navient is a rip-off that’s for sure I had one loan that was 13%..how is that even legal
Its the equivalent of most credit card interest rates.
Anthony M wow man. I have one that is 6.8% and thought that was high
I made a bad mistake and co-signed a student loan and now I’m stuck with it and I saw the interest rate for 4 separate loans ..13% 11% 8.5% 8% This was unbelievable but true.I paid off the two with the highest percent and I’ll have to wait to find a different company to takeover this loan so I can get a lower interest rate for the rest.This shouldn’t be legal but it is and I saw if I made payments of 300 dollars a month my loan would be paid off by 2034 🤦♂️.
If this is what government has been doing with student loans since they took it over in 09, people actually trust them with their healthcare?
Especially when the Federal Government loans the money to those institutions at the rate of 0.75%.
Bribing young people into going to College/University is just a means to get the credit system rolling.
College is overrated. As a society, we should be pushing for trade schools as much as they do universities.
Rene' Sanchez agree 💯- such a waste of time and money. Four year degree vs trade school - $2 more on the hour. Same exact knowledge. Trade school skips all the dumb stuff
@@marieannabourne6206 well said. Most don't know that the majority of trade schools have job placement upon graduation or recruitment posted at institutions ready to hire.
True, when high school students ask for help choosing a college, I tell them forget it, go to trade school. You will make better money as a plumber or electrician anyway.
Trade Schools follow the same exact formula as universities. Worse, most of them only help you get a minimum wage job. A job you can get on your own before wasting 2-years and tens-of-thousands on a certificate.
@@dwainmcarthur2565 for some maybe but when you pick the right trade, like welding, you're going to make 17-20 non-union. Once you work non-union for 5 years at least, you can test in to your local union and make 30hr. Same goes for plumbing and electrical. The last two make a little less sometimes $10 less for electrical, but you're still no where near min wage. Welders are always needed and it's not that hard of a job.
“Let’s require everyone to go to college in order to get fairly decent jobs but let’s also make college hella expensive to where a huge fraction of the populace can’t afford it!”
*laughs in American logic*
COUGHHH
Trade school. Lol
There are companies going out of business because they can’t hire trained workers to do plumbing, welding, and other trades. These jobs are where the money is at now. And you can get certified in those trades in less than a year for very little money.
@@willowandluka5302 I feel like they'll get automated soon though...
@@willowandluka5302 Trades trades trades. It's getting harder and harder for big college grads to look down their noses at it when tradesmen pay less than 1000 a year for schooling with multiple ways to get the cost covered. Only thing is I can see the trades getting even MORE crowded than they already are in the next few years.
@@PineappledoesnotbelongonPizza2 Nope, how is plumbing, electric workor line work going to be automated? How about mechanic work?
Perhaps truck drivers might lose to self driving trucks in the future but I don't see a lot of these trades going away any time soon.
I met a couple of linemen that went to Puerto Rico to help repair their power. They told me they made 100K in 3 months working 16 hr days with 1 day off every two weeks and anything past 40hrs a week was considered double time. Of course that's before Uncle Sam steals his share in taxes but that's still a lot of money. The trade jobs are there people just don't want them.
I'm imagining the screens. They're not there, but I feel their presence.
Oh the exploited screens and designers 😂
Same here all data and graphics were running on my head...thank god i was not the only one.
Bahahahahahaa
Eddie is the cameraman who shot this video bruh...haaaa
He will be an asset wherever he ends up going.
Loved the "I'll go back where I came from" at the end
"Thanx so much for your time, and I will now go back to where I came from."
Lmfao!
GOLD!!!
😂😅😆🤣😭
I will not he said
He rocks!
He came from Davis , Ca.
The fact that the people on that committee graduated from college an average of 33 years ago shows how out of touch they are.
@Blue ...so you want our politicans robbing the cradle instead of the toddlers? (JK)
Hence hearings like this. If they're actually listening and internalizing, it's a good thing. I confess I don't have high hopes on that. Even at my age (47) I've noticed that a number of my attitudes are less flexible than they used to be. But here's hoping anyway!
Michael Wilson I totally agree! It’s amazing how easily it creeps in. I’m only 25 and often have to remind myself to keep an open min with some things.
"But back in my day, I had a part time job...and that paid for college, rent, utlities, car insurance and food.....kids these days just don't wanna work!"
HOW just cause they went to college a while ago doesn’t mean there all tards
Lmao. “I will now go back to where I came from”
Crushed it
We can only hope he does
Ray Lanza Dude that’s so hardcore. You actually made the world a better place with your comment. Congratulations 🍾🎉🎈🎊
The reason for this problem is government involvement......
No I’ll give you a chance. Explain exactly what you mean. I’m not going to call you wrong without hearing you out. Go ahead.
Zachary Lowe you realize that college was cheaper before the government backed student loans and colleges taking advantage of that and increasing the cost tuition.
No. It's treating education as a commodity. The problem is capitalism, not the state.
@@zacharylowe3959 government introduced loans into the market. Because of this college naturally raise their prices to meet the new excess demands. After prices rise the government turns around increases the amount it will loan to the public and the process repeats its self. This is called a negative feedback loop.
Gerald Moreau I know we’re capitalist, but doesn’t treating education like a commodity feel unnecessary? What does that do for anyone? The government probably should’ve been handling things from the start. It’s education and for the well being of this country it really shouldn’t be for sale. Also, even though this may be true(I have a tendency to not believe anything I hear on the internet, no matter how reasonable until I fact check), it doesn’t change or fix the problem now. College is run like a business now and something needs to be done, it’s not like shutting down the governments involvement is gonna make these colleges cheaper so it’s kind of irrelevant.
I know some quirky English professor at a community college is going to show this to their class.
Oof
The crazy thing is, this is solely focusing on an undergraduate education. There are a number of industries and career fields that require postgraduate level degrees. Let's not forget continuing education for certifications just to stay competitive enough for the job that's helping to pay on the student loan debt. Just a continuous vicious cycle. 🙄
Sudhir Kakar no, it is to show competency and knowledge of the field. Finance, accounting, teaching, and other white collar jobs require continuous learning.
Even the blue collar jobs require recertification.
@Sudhir Kakar I picked something crazy. Becoming a physcian for only $348k
@Sudhir Kakar not everyone can be truck drivers or welders. We need people in different fields.
@michael jordan I mean, with the length of some of the post-grad degrees or even the non-MD healthcare doctoral programs- the length of the education can see the rise and fall of the demand for any given profession.
@Sudhir Kakar "You can"..."you should" 😐 be realistic. I'm speaking from a recent graduate perspective. There are a number of social services and education professions that require certifications and continuing education straight out the gate in order to even qualify to function in the field. For people to say "don't go into the field if you can't afford it" is ignorant and closed minded.
In high school my math teacher said he paid his own tuition while at Cal Berkeley. He graduated in the 70s. While I went to a college preparatory school, he was the only one who said we didn’t have to go to college.
Love the way he closes. "Thank you and now I can go back where I came from"
Education system needs to completely reconstructed COMPLETELY
They want your money for advanced research. Who collects data from Facebook and Google? It's universities and hospitals by student money
My friend, who told you you need ANY of the education system? From where did you receive this information?.... Ummm... From the education system??? You need to reconstruct your belief system. Entirely.
No it doesn’t. Perhaps the financial side of the system. The people who WANT to go to school typically do well and take advantage of government programs like financial aid and cal grants. The people who feel like they HAVE to go to college because their parents and society need to re-evaluate their priorities.
I wanna tell people to stop taking Liberal art and gender study degrees, but I might be called sexist and racist.
I wonder if it would get better if corporations do on the job training and not require a degree. I have friends who used their scholarship money to pay people to do their college work. Basically purchased a degree.
“I will now go back to where i came from” waltz into patriot act studio like a gangsta with the crowd cheering
That'd be a pretty good segue.
BAAAAAM, BUH-BUH-BAMMM! BUH-BUH-BUH-BUH-BAAAMMM, BUH-BUH-BUH, BAM, BAM, BAM
That Trump reference tho. Shots fired!
This is exactly why I am not going to college and pursuing my dream in real estate.
Let me give you an example. My grandfather and father went to the same University as me (Univ of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). Price of tution per semester:
Grandfather: $50
Father: $600
Me: $12000
(no other expenses were included in the numbers above)
U can literally file for bankruptcy and still have to pay on your loans!
King Leunitas it’s crazy!! I definitely looked into it but when I found out I couldn’t get rid of them, what’s the point!? That’s my biggest debt!
Yeah. US student loans are non-dischargedable, even after a bankruptcy, and so are judgements for criminal activities.
I'm pretty sure at one point in time you could of filed them on bankruptcy, at least according to a lawyer I talked to when I tried to claim a non-loan bill my school slapped onto me when I had to drop a class or fail (Thus forcing me to have to drop college all together and incur a 40k Debt). Fun part is either option was going to get the 3K bill dropped onto me.
I was told they changed it at some point and made it no longer possible. Frankly I'd be fine if they didn't write off our loans, and at least let us file bankruptcy. At least then I could try to attain some sort of credit.
This is probably why you're supposed to read the small print before you sign for the loan. Don't act all surprised now.
@@kekelaward The irony of the fact we don't trust Teenagers and Young Adults with things because we deem them to immature but that we trust them to read the fine print of a student loan that they will owe for the rest of there lives.
"Thank you for your time, now I will go back to where I came from" 😂
That's was meant to be ironic, we all should know why's that
The Ripped Reaper Great can you take all the misplaced Europeans with you thanks
@@truhawaii5957 basically almost everyone in america
That was a good way to end
@@truhawaii5957 everyone that is not Native American actually.
This is painfully true. Thank you for stepping up for us!
There’s a vacuum of strong leadership when a society relies on and elects its celebrities to affect political change
Ya no one is relying on celebrities. Reevaluate if you are.
@@Badger1776 Then why was he there? In front of Congress. On television. If he wasn't relied on?
They could have gotten someone else, but chose him. Why would you think?
Aaron Rachiele they’re not getting him to speak because he’s a celebrity, they’re getting him to speak because he knows what he’s talking about, and many people will listen to him because they know who he is.
He is a citizen first and then a celebrity. Being a celebrity does not preclude a person from exercising the basic civic rights.
@@Badger1776 Isn't our President a businessman/celebrity?!
I regret going to college everyday. I was 18 at the time and wish I knew then what I know now. Now I look at it and pst emails from the school I was extremely taken advantage of.
Thats really what they do. Take advantage of young people who've never really been on their own enough to fully understand the impact of that kind of commitment
cgasucks what’s ur job
@@donkeykong4983 It is a job that every business needs (especially in a recession) and is the highest paying professions in the world, yet a college degree isn't required. Most CEOs are in this profession. Think about it.
cgasucks CEO?
I feel the same about my college experience.
The 1,000 dislikes are from college loan collectors
DumbAssTV billions of dollars go to waste every year in pell grants because students don’t fill out their fafsa
I think we found two of those dislikes 😏
Sean’s a bot.
@@bluelotus1363 sean's a boomer.
Sean Surtz actually, most children were taught that commuter schools were for “losers” who couldn’t make it into a “real” college. Notice I said children. When I was in middle school and high school that is what we believed. Didn’t you ever think it was strange that children are groomed to go to college and encouraged to do it by literally every aspect of society? Wait a second... grooming children... isn’t there another class of people that groom children? Student loans need to be forgiven because college was/is a total scam. People should be able to sue jobs that won’t interview them just because they don’t have a “degree”. If someone has the skills and experience then they shouldn’t need a piece of paper that says “I wasted 4 years of my life”. Children are encouraged to go to the best college they can get into and promised it will enhance their lives - yes I said children. The same way a sexual predator grooms children - children were groomed into going to college and borrowing money to do it. It is the same thing. Forgive the loans and stop requiring degrees and never give student loans again
I appreciate the fact that he did his research to further push his point
Awesome! I'm glad Hasan Minhaj was able to present that information
Omg thank you hassan minhaj for being a voice for the little people. i live paycheck to paycheck and reapplied last month for income driven repayment i was declined and i have no clue where im going to come up with anoth $80 a month to start making payment on a student loan. I just spent 5 years building my credit score so i can try and buy a home for my son and i and it will be destroyed after that first missed payment. I went to school for veterinary and i work in banking
@Mike Polakowski no husband. And i do plan on paying it back but i can not afford the payments right now
@@emilyc2175 I would call and ask for more information about the denial. You have a dependent, so unless you make 70k+ you should see some relief on an income driven payment plan.
@@dawn7685 the servicing company is most likely trying to push her into one of their more expensive repayment plans.
U don't get negative reporting until you are 90 days late. Ask your servicer. Read the master promisory note u signed for student loan, and there's a lot of information on federal student aid site to help you learn about repayment plans. Hassan missed the point that the main killer in student loan is the interest rates set by the government, cause it is FEDERAL student loan. And Hassan did not mention that cost for tertiary education getting higher is because colleges are running like corporation, their board of directors are one of the highest paid profession in the country, look it up in pay scale.
@Mike Polakowski why does she need a husband?What kind of ignorant question is that?
I remember one of my seasoned professors in undergrad telling the class how he only paid $50 per semester for tuition.
Assuming he graduated sometime between 1950-1970, that's under $600 today. Now that's really, really nice. Considering mine is $10,000 a year, and used to be just under $20,000.
Apparently you could actually pay for your tuition by getting a summer job.
Sterling Velazquez lol what? Just go to a small community college for your undergrad. I paid 1,300$ for this semester.
@I speak The truth dude how old are you ? 9 😏
志瑜杨 that’s the legend. but it’s too fantastic to be believable.
"Now I will go back to where I came from" that was hilarious. Such good points and in your face facts love it.
Preach! Coming with facts and numbers you can’t dispute
"And now I will go back to where I came from " 😂🤣😂🤣
Gottwnburg
To living inside your head, rent -free
@Gottenburg yep
The cheapest college where I live still costs $14,000 a year & that is NOT including living there! The college also kind of sucks. 😖
Lucy Lu there isn’t any community colleges near you?
I go to CSUF and pay $7k a year, good school too, just have to find the right state schools liberal arts and private colleges are a waste of money
Go to a trade school. And later in life, attend said college to further your career. Decisiveness is key nowadays!
I came from Russia with amount of money barelly enough for one year in college.
But I was able to get 2 years done in community college and even worked as a tutor. Earned money to visit my family.
Then went for 3 years on state university. Took two part-time jobs, around 10k loan for a first few years. Then got an internship that covered my expenses. Year ago I graduated and now have a full time job that covers everything and I can repay loan fully right now.
I only got a few grants that covered 1 year in community college. The rest was my job. I never got scholarship. My mom only was helping me with getting important supplies.
You need to think about your education serious and look for a place that offers you a decent degree and a good place for part time jobs. You either having fun and wasting your time in college or start building your life. The choice is yours.
Lucy Lu community college?
This was an inspirational testimony and he spit so much truth to that committee. I went to a middle class conservative college in southern Utah for 1 semester. When I went back home for winter, I owed almost 6.5 thousand dollars to that school.
That was so well put!
You honestly think these massive companies are going to let go 1.5 trillion dollars? This is America you cant even afford insulin to live capitalism is everything
The companies get paid in full by the government the moment you default on your student loan. So they’re not losing anything.
JoePJack1 If they lowered the price of tuition, then banks would loan out less money and get less money for giving out big loans.
I believe that was their point.
Jason Love the banks aren’t making their money on the loan. They’re making all their money on the defaulted loans. They get huge kickbacks for collecting on defaulted loans and repackaging of defaulted loans. This is on top of being paid in full from the government already. So they really have no skin in the game and nothing to lose, only gain.
Proper capitalism pays a proper wage, salary, and earnings. Whether one works, invests in the free market economy (stocks, private equity, etc), and or own a corporation. Many are successful. Many have moved into the middle classes. The amount of poor is not as much as it used to be. Barring illness, accident, and evil, you’ll do well. Count your student loans and plan how much you’ll pay to have zero dollar balance.
Yep, and capitalism gave you whatever device you are using to make stupid comments 😅
Funny thing is that most of the classes in college are useless and the college experience is a joke.
I went to an adult night school & it didn't work for me either!
The college experience barely even an experience especially when you ain’t tryna be there. That place is not good for my mental
College was depressing. I didn't even need a degree either. I now make $80,000 a year as an engineer.
I’m in college now and I’ve never felt more depressed in my life.
Mf what college you going to?? I’m 3 weeks in and I love it
I love this guy and wish all politicians are like him! more facts and numbers not emotions.
Anyone who watch The Men Who Built America knows that big business owns every politician.
The sad truth is the only people America has, with a voice loud enough to be heard, are it’s comedians. Thank you Hasan Minaj, and John Oliver, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert and Seth Myers. Your country needs you, because both groups of politicians, Republican and Democrat alike, have forgotten what political scrutiny and holding those in power accountable, truly looks like. It. Looks. Like. This.
Exactly.
Trevor Noah too❤
@@yungyokaiwatch1139 Ha, how could I forget - of course! And not to mention The godfather of the them all, his predecessor: Jon Stewart!
Hasan is the most unbiased one. Don't forget Bill Maher.
@What Not To Do At a Stoplight cenk uyger is great too❤
Why is it that our House Financial Services Committee needs to be lectured to about the
cost of tuition facing students today by a comedian?? Is this some sort of joke? This
shows how out of touch these members of congress are.
When I graduated from the U. of Oregon in 1973 my instate tuition was $1,000. Now it is over
$27,000 and out of state is over $50,000.
They are well aware of these facts. This was brought up not to educate, but to shame. But they just don't GAF.
@@JBanchiere odds are most of them weren't even in the room.
They are not out of touch. They have been bought. A very different situation !!
The reality is that politicians are on the BOD and get big paybacks for policy changes. This should be 100% illegal. Doesn't matter about lawsuits against the company. Dividends are still paid to BOD.
dose it matter that he is a comedian ? What about sanitation worker, waiter, teacher? He is pointing out to the body and the country 🗣predatory lending is dangerous and Betsy DeVose is dangerous for the USA
THANK YOU!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU FOR PUTTING THESE PEOPLE ON BLAST WE DYING FOR AN EDUCATION OUT HERE!!! THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!!
Not to mention the price for food and clothes. Food prices went up at least 1000%
Back when you could put yourself through college on minimum wage jobs😑 Today drilling 8th graders into knowing they will have college debt until they are 60🤦🏻♀️ This is so wrong... My kids generation is an anxious mess😞
Didn't you guys have nukes to worry about?
G4 COD
yeah it’s a good thing nukes are illegal now and the international community is all buddy buddy
My question is why has college tuition continued to rise but federal minimum wage hasn't risen in 10 years? How are college student s supposed to pay for college? Especially living in states that follow $7.25...
NOW THAT'S going to Washington... WITH FACTS!
purely AWESOME!!
Those who can't handle the load in college should settle for jobs that they ARE capable of doing instead of wasting money on college. College is NOT the "investment" they insist it is if you flunk out after blowing "somebody's" cash on it. Apprenticeships will pay you "while" you learn the trade. Not everybody can be an astrophysicist and even if they could, where's the demand? People have to look at whether or not, there is a demand in their area for what they want to do
@@quasimobius I would argue that people CAN handle the load of college. But when you are in a lower economic bracket you cant AFFORD it. I also agree that people need to go into trade schools. There is a huge gap in industrial refrigeration, welding, fabrication, carpentry, etc. These are great paying jobs and we need more of them! Although, you shouldn't be forced to go into those fields if you can qualify for college, but cant afford it. At that point then only the privileged become educated.
Facts are facts but his opinions are biased enough to avoid the other facts. Tuition has gone up due to over demand, wage has gone down due to oversupply of college graduate. If 5 ppl come to you for a private lesson at a cost, you pick the person able to afford the most. If 5 ppl come to you to offer same service, you pick the one cost the least.
@@quasimobius unfortunately, many people have to work full time while in college. That severely decreases the chances of graduation.
Studies say that full time students should not work more than 20 hours per week.
@@orion6284 Bovine Scatology....there are still grants and scholarships and people can work while in school. Maybe the areas you referred to people should look at going into but then it is hard and people don't want hard anymore they want the easy life. We all want the easy life but you have to WORK for it no one is given any more privilege when we are born than the next
Semper Fi
Where can I find the rest of this video?
I remember when my history teacher talking about how the government is balanced with power. Colleges & other things needs to be balanced as well. Not just power. Greed. Greed is the *ultimate power*
It's government that caused the student loan crisis.
That last part had me dying on the floor. "And I will now go back to where I came from" 🤣🤣🤣
That part had me rolling.🤣😂
2:42😂
Savage 😂😂
Nice name!
Trolling Trump! I love it.
And that jab at the end, "and now I'll go back to where I came from" lmao cause you know that's what they were thinking. "can this guy just shut up and go back to where he came from" lol
@Matthew Baholo Google's a useful tool
@Matthew Baholo the man is not a political figure. Being there isn't his "place". Comedy is place. So that statement in the end is a great jab at those across from him. Basically saying, you guys are so bad at your job that a comedian has called you out because of how seriously flawed the education system is.
@Matthew Baholo because the gentleman who mentioned his color, is immature. Color has nothing to with this video.
@@Alacrityness hmmm, I though he's referring to the scandal where 4 ladies were told to go back to their country so I related it to that .
@@LovingItAlways i heard about that scandal. It could be s reference to that as well! Only Hasan knows truly what he meant@
4 years of my life that I’ll never get back.
Wife graduated 2009. We are still paying on her student loans
Voo Doo1 me too