Again, looking for why is college so much more unaffordable? Again, we all want access to higher education, but if you make it unaffordable, you actually decrease access. So I took a look at Since 1970, the federal government has poured into higher education, and it totals about $2.1 trillion in total. That's in grants and student loans. If you take 65% of that, that's about $1.37 trillion. Now, is it, is it mere coincidence that the outstanding student loan debt is about $1.3 trillion? (09:18–09:28)
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