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John Oliver Last Week Tonight : Staggering Student Debt


John Oliver Last Week Tonight Student DebtJohn Oliver reveals the shocking extent of student debt, which is awful, as well as for-profit colleges, who are awfully good at inflicting debt upon us.

Also of interest…And oddly relevant, John plays an actual recording of LBJ instructing his tailor to leave room for his great big balls. That’s presidential trivia you haven’t collected. The man also was apparently a malodorous noise box – which must have influenced Lady Bird’s ‘Beautify America campaign, one fresh pine tree air freshener at a time.

You’ve undoubtedly seen numerous ads touting ‘for profit’ colleges like ITT, University of Phoenix, Westwood and CCI Corinthian Nursing College. Graduates of the latter were dismayed to find upon graduation that an afternoon at the Scientology Museum did not count as a Psychology credit. The other for-profit colleges  are equally legit, and due to a heavy advertising budget – more expensive than many ‘real’ colleges.

They aren’t giving these lousy educations away – nor can  more reputable ones be considered to be reasonably priced.
John will break the actual amounts to you. The debt load is staggering, and furthermore, you can never escape it. A monstrous debt will follow you the rest of your life…So do as John advises and ‘go crazy!’ John has a few suggestions for the less imaginative, so that they too may enjoy the best (and most expensive) days of their lives. Pay close attention, as this is the only bright spot in this report.

When Obama set out to ensure tighter gainful employment standards, the worst of the worst launched a letter writing campaign, which worked.  If you would like to voice your opinion this November when it comes up again, John has included a form letter. Like the form letters which prevented meaningful change, you do not even need to fill in the blanks of this form letter…They didn’t fill theirs in, and they were still effective in preventing beneficial change.

Just copy and send to: send to [email protected]

To Whom It May Concern:

I am (NAME HERE, a human being with ( DESCRIBE AT LEAST SOME LEVEL OF SENSE) who is sick of your (SYNONYM FOR BULLSHIT).  Whatever the benefits of for-profit schools, your trade group is protecting some of the worst actors, and (ADDITIONAL INSULTS). (IDEAS FOR PLACES TO CRAM THIS LETTER ONCE ROLLED UP). (PROPOSALS FOR HUMAN WASTE PRODUCTS TO BE EATEN)
Thank you for your time.
(NAME HERE AGAIN)