And here I sit with 4 degrees, including a PhD pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, a US senator who gets to do these things. Right. What keeps me up at night is that It would be harder for me to do those things now than it was for that kid growing up in the 1980s because of attacks on, because of growing inequality, because of attacks on things like the Pell Grant, because of our refusal to invest in the next generation. because of our obsession with the culture wars, rather than focusing on American competitiveness. And now we're dealing with AI and all of these things. (15:58–16:17)
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Asserts that growing inequality and attacks on programs like the Pell Grant make it harder for current generations to succeed.
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