Seven Years of College . . . Down The Drain

It’s Friday, December 11, 2020, and welcome back to The McSpencer Group ... an unrehearsed, hastily assembled program about meta-politics. Joining me is Edward Dutton: his ascots have medical-grade PPE ratings. Main topic: Seven Years of College . . . Down the DrainForgiving a trillion dollars in student loans is now on the table. The Democrats are already winning over the debt-ridden, over-educated Millennial baristas, and now are ready to to seal the deal. And while we’re not against giving these kiddos a break, the fact is, American higher education is so horribly screwed up that debt forgiveness amounts to a band-aide on cancer. Ed and I uncover the real problem—the concept of higher ed as a “gateway to the middle class.” And we offer real solutions: the dramatic shrinking of the Ivory Tower and a new paternalism towards the left half of the Bell Curve.