College Debt Turns Promised Success Into Frustration

We keep the affordability debate moving by asking what Republican candidates offer voters who hear easy promises about city-run grocery stores and lower prices. Dawn argues that politics becomes personal after years of censorship claims, government targeting and the prosecution of Donald Trump, but she also says loyalty has to give way to facts. The crew returns to the same central problem: prices rarely fall, wages do not keep pace for many households, and a weak response gives socialist candidates room to grow. The conversation widens to tariffs, pandemic spending, national debt, farmland, energy bills and higher education. We question why students can borrow six figures for degrees with weak earning power, why tuition climbs when government-backed money keeps flowing and why basic sales skill often beats an expensive credential. A caller defends Trump’s tariff strategy and manufacturing goals, leading us into a sharper distinction between targeted pressure on China and broad import taxes that land on American buyers. Anthony Fauci returns to the center of the show when his lawyer answers Aaron Rodgers by telling him to stick to football. We revisit Rodgers’ vaccine stance, Novak Djokovic’s similar stand, nursing-home decisions and the lack of accountability after the pandemic.