John Olen is writing at EconomyInCrisis.org and asking - are college grads really at fault for massive student loan debt?

He writes that it’s clear to almost all Americans, including our elected leaders, that the student loan debt issue is getting worse and worse.

More loans are going into default as graduating students have a difficult time paying off debts because they can’t find jobs.

Many Conservatives argue that if you took the loan, you have to pay it back, even if it’s hard to pay it back - because there aren’t any good paying jobs anymore.

Olen uses the example of Columbus, Ohio which once was a great city known for its amazing job opportunities.

Flash forward to present day and now the city’s poor and nearly poor population has risen 50 percent between 2000 and 2013.

So - Are our children responsible for student debt when conservatives have ruined the economy?

Maybe they should send an invoice for the their debt to every conservative congressperson….

-Thom

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Latest On Orlando Massacre... (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Monday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Latest from Orlando, FL
- Chadwick Moore, OUT Magazine

Article: "Orlando shooting: 49 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance" by Ralph Ellis, Ashley Fantz, Faith Karimi and Eliott C. McLaughlin.

Article: "A Mourning Orlando Tells the World: ‘We Are Not Afraid’" by Chadwick Moore & Michael Lambert.

Article: "Orlando Police Detail Battle to End Massacre at Gay Nightclub" by Lizette Alvarez, Christine Hauser And Richard Pérez-Peña.

Article: "Gay men can't donate blood to victims of the Orlando shooting. That's absurd" by John Paul Brammer.

Article: "Blood banks at capacity, donors urged to return in coming days" by Stephen Hudak.

Article: "Victims’ Names" by City of Orlando.

Article: "Orlando shooting: Eddie Justice, who texted 'I'm gonna die. Mommy I love you' from Pulse nightclub, confirmed dead" by AP.

Article: "Tonys 2016: watch Lin-Manuel Miranda pay tribute via sonnet to the victims of the Orlando shooting" by Constance Grady.

Article: "Orlando Shooting: J.K. Rowling Mourns 'harry Potter' Ride Worker Luis Vielma" by Tufayel Ahmed.

Article: "'You are not on your own, your tragedy is our tragedy': James Corden and Lin-Manuel Miranda pay tribute to Orlando shooting victims at Tonys where Hamilton is the night's big winner taking home 11 awards" by Chris Spargo.

Article: "The Latest: People gather across US to honor Orlando victims" by AP.

Article: "Orlando Shooter Loved Cops and Wanted To Be One" by Matt Agorist.

Article: "Orlando Killer Worked For Company Transporting Illegal Immigrants Inside US; Was Interviewed By FBI 3 Times" by Tyler Durden.

Article: "New information: Orlando Pulse nightclub gunman was ‘different,' said childhood friend".

Hour Two: Will America's Love Affair with Guns End Now?!
- Cliff Schecter, Libertas LLC/The Daily Beast

Article: "Guns, the Florida Way, Stack Up 49 More Corpses in Orlando" by Cliff Schecter.

Article: "Orlando Shooter's Ex-Wife: 'This Was a Sick Person'" by Carol Mckinley, Sabina Ghebremedhin.

Article: "Australia data shows gun controls a huge success 20 years after mass shooting" by Byron Kaye and Wayne Cole.

Article: "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting", December 14, 2012 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Harvey Milk" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Matthew Shepard" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump open to Social Security changes if elected: adviser" by Emily Stephenson.

Movie: "Wikipedia".

Article: "U.S. officials: No evidence of direct Islamic State link to Orlando shooting" by Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones

Article: "Mass Shooting: LGBT lawmakers express outrage, call for gun safety" by TMN.

Video: June 13, 2016 White House Daily Briefing.

Article: "Obama: No evidence Orlando shooter had outside help" by Justin Duckham.

Video: FULL Donald Trump Addresses The Nation With Anti-Terrorism Speech In New Hampshire Rally 6/13/16.

Article: "On Orlando shooting, Trump hints 'there's something going on' with Obama" by CBC News.

Article: "Read Hillary Clinton’s Speech About the Orlando Shooting" by Ryan Teague Beckwith.

Article: "Senate Democrats push for new gun control measures" by Richard Cowan.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman

Hour Three: Orlando Muslim Community Reacts
- Rasha Mubarak, Council on American Islamic Relations (C.A.I.R.)

Article: DC: CAIR, National Muslim Leaders to Hold News Conference to Condemn Orlando Shooting, Urge Muslims to Donate Blood for Victims by PR Newswire. "We are sickened and heartbroken by this appalling attack. Our hearts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the victims. There can never be any justification for such cowardly and criminal acts, period."

Article: "AR-15" by Wikipedia.

Article: "M16 rifle" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2015 San Bernardino shooting", December 2, 2015 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gun Industry Describes Mass Shootings Like Orlando as a “Big Opportunity”" by Lee Fang.

Article: "For Wall Street It’s “Peace On Earth, Goodwill Toward Remington”" by Richard (RJ) Eskow.

Article: "James Gilligan".

Documentary: Where to Invade Next - Michael Moore.

Article: "Trump: 'I will suspend immigration' from many countries as president – campaign live" by Amber Jamieson and Tom McCarthy.

Article: "Clinton: I'll say the words 'radical Islamism'" by David Wright.

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Rumble - Humanity Is Facing Extinction - What Should Be Done?

Rumble - Why More Cops in Schools - Instead of Counselors?

The FBI Steps Up the Use of Stings

Sen. Nina Turner - Moving the ‘Movement' Forward...

Full Show 6/10/16: Bernie Surrogate Blasts Elizabeth Warren

Thom discusses the state of the Democratic race with Bernie surrogate and former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner and the increased use of stings by the FBI in ISIS cases with Amnesty International’s Naureen Shah. Tonight’s Rumble discusses McConnell’s questioning of Trump’s knowledge of the issues, the best way to combat climate change, and how there are thousands of kids in schools that have police officers, but not counselors.

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Caller - #ThankYouBernie For Restoring My Faith In Politics.

The Swiss Rejected A #BasicIncome Because It Wasn't High Enough! (w/ Guest: Enno Schmidt)

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