Ron Johnson: “Student loans, the total of that now is a trillion dollars.”

“There's a study by North Northeastern University showing that recent college graduates, I think the ages 21 or under 22 and under that have just recently got their BA degree, over 50% are either unemployed or underemployed. And, you know, Student loans, the total of that now is a trillion dollars. We've encouraged our young people to get into debt, and now we have such a weak economy that they can't even get a job to get themselves out of that debt.” (13:49–13:53)

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