#501: The Unintended Consequences of Student Loans

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🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Every year, colleges raise tuition prices yet again. That’s helped create the student debt crisis, and it's causing more young people to skip college altogether. But what’s the government’s role here? Is it making things worse? And if so, what’s the solution? Richard Vedder, author of "Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America." shares his thoughts. We also cover these stories:•Labor Secretary Alex Acosta defends his handling of Jeffrey Epstein plea deal. •An appeals court rules that President Trump's hotel isn't violating the emoluments clause.•California is becoming the first state to offer Medicaid to young adult illegal immigrants.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, July 11th. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:11.0	And I'm Daniel Davis.
0:12.0	Well, every year year colleges raise tuition prices yet
0:15.2	again. That's helped create the student debt crisis and it's causing more young people
0:19.8	to skip college altogether. But what's the government's role here? Is it making things
0:24.3	worse? And if so, what's the solution? I recently sat down to talk about that with
0:29.2	Richard Vetter, author of a new book on restoring the promise of higher ed.
0:33.4	We also delved into free speech issues and accountability for public colleges.
0:38.4	Today we'll play that interview.
0:40.3	Plus a city council in Minnesota got rid of the Pledge of Allegiance and they got more than they bargained for.
0:46.2	We'll discuss.
0:47.2	By the way, if you're enjoying this podcast, please consider leaving a review or a five-star
0:51.9	rating at iTunes to help us grow.
0:54.5	Now on to our top news.
0:57.4	In a press conference Wednesday, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta defended how he handled the Jeffrey
1:06.4	Epstein case and the deal Epstein got made when Acosta was a US attorney in Florida.
1:13.0	I'm pleased that the New York prosecution is going forward.
1:20.0	They brought these charges based on new evidence against Jeffrey Epstein who is now a registered sex offender and this is a very, very good thing.
1:30.0	His acts are despicable and the New York prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring Epstein to justice.
1:41.0	In 2008, a major newspaper described the Epstein prosecution like this.
1:49.7	A Florida grand jury, that is a grand jury convened by the district attorney of Palm Beach County,
1:57.6	had charged Epstein with the lesser offense.
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