Since the Reagan Revolution, student debt has crippled three generations of young Americans, totaling a $1.8 trillion drag on our economy that benefits nobody except GOP-supporting banksters.

President Joe Biden just made good on his campaign promise to forgive billions in student debt. Republicans, predictably, have gone nuts.

When you search on the phrase "student debt forgiveness" one of the top hits that comes up is a Fox "News" article by a woman who paid off her loans in full.

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-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Abou Ben Adhem" by Leigh Hunt.

Article: "Biden announces student loan forgiveness: 9 things to know" by Yi-Jin Yu.

Article: "See how the cost of a flight Has Changed Since 1963" by Graphiq.

Article: "College Tuition Inflation: Compare The Cost Of College Over Time" by Brianna McGurran, Alicia Hahn.

Bible: "Parable of the Prodigal Son".

Hour Two: How does student loan debt impact the economy?
- Sam Rosenthal, RootsAction's Political Director who is co-leading student debt activism (personal experience w/student loans: his wife owes nearly $100k in law school debt!) / Previously served as Political Director for Our Revolution (progressive organization started by Bernie Sanders)

Article: "President Biden’s plan is a step towards progress, but so much more is needed to end the inequitable burden of student loan debt." by India Walton and Sam Rosenthal.

Article: "How the student debt movement forced Biden’s hand " by Perry Bacon Jr..

Article: "Black-white disparity in student loan debt more than triples after graduation" by Judith Scott-Clayton and Jing Li.

Article: "U.S. Military Spending/Defense Budget 1960-2022" by macrotrends.

Article: "How Much Trump's Tax Cuts Cost the Government" by Kimberly Amadeo.

Article: "Why $10,000 in Student Debt Relief Is Not Enough" by India Walton, Sam Rosenthal.

Article: "Trae Crowder" by Wikipedia.

Video: Liberal Redneck - Student Loan Forgiveness.

Article: "Born of Controversy: The GI Bill of Rights" by VA.

Article: "Sallie Mae" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Usury" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him." - Exodus 22:25.

Bible: "Who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. " - Psalm 15:5.

Bible: "Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor." - Proverbs 28:8.

Bible: "lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself." - Ezekiel 18:13.

Article: "Historical Employment Data" by Tim McMahon.

Article: "Financial crisis of 2007-08" by Wikipedia.

Article: "$1.6B Of Bank Bailout Went To Execs" by AP.

Site: Tom Dwyer.

Article: "Dennis Prager" by Wikipedia.

Podcast: "Dennis Prager 20220825 – 1 Student Loan Bribe".

Hour Three: Student debt is evil & a crime against our nation - Thom Hartmann joins Jeff w/an update plus a conversation on student debt... and ADHD
- Thom Hartmann, Host-Thom Hartmann Program / Author of numerous books Thom Hartmann is the host of the internationally syndicated talkshow The Thom Hartmann Program on the Free Speech TV network. Award-winning New York Times bestselling author of 24 books, including: "ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World" and The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight"

Article: "Student Debt Is Evil & A Crime Against Our Nation" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "GI Bill of Rights: A Profitable Investment for the United States" by Labor Party.

Article: "Trends in U.S. Study Abroad" by NAFSA.

Tweet: "The Republican frame on student debt is both historically wrong & insanely hypocritical. Forgiving student debt, & bringing back to America the free college the Reagan Revolution ended, are essential to building our intellectual and economic vitality." by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.

Case: "Griswold v Connecticut" (1965) (contraception for married couples).

Article: "Eisenstadt v. Baird" (1972) (birth control for unmarried women) by Wikipedia.

Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973) (abortion legal).

Article: "Stepping Through History: A timeline of women's rights from 1769 to the 2017 Women's March on Washington." by Susan Milligan.

Article: "Civil rights movement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Anti-war movement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: ADHD and the Edison Gene: A Drug-Free Approach to Managing the Unique Qualities of Your Child by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Jared Bernstein" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand." - Ephesians 6:12-13.

Article: "Trump passports taken in FBI search of Mar-a-Lago returned to former president" by Melissa Quinn, Robert Legare.

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