Hasan Minhaj Calls Out Congress Over Student Loans: ‘You Paid Far Less For Your Degrees’ | NBC News

While testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, comedian Hasan Minhaj called out members of Congress for the student loan crisis by comparing current tuition costs to what they originally paid for the same school, which showed a 110 percent increase in overall tuition costs.

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Hasan Minhaj Calls Out Congress Over Student Loans: ‘You Paid Far Less For Your Degrees’ | NBC News

[chrisedwards]

The fact that you can die of old age with student loans is dumb by itself

[cjrod]

College today is a business. Not an education

[AwesomeDwarves]

Tries to go to college: You need money
Tries to get job: You need college
*Goes to college, goes in debt*
Tries to get job again: You need experience
Tries to pay back loans: You need a job
Oh boy

[kevjackson]

Shame on America for throwing an entire generation under the bus.

[kyngkraken]

You know society is failing when the comedians are making the most sense more than government

[worldeater]

College is too expensive and doesn’t always guarantee you a job.

[avayarath]

Wish the legislators understood a tenth of what Hasan said.

[danecalloway]

I swear if he runs for any political position, I'm voting for him.

[JohnnyClash_]

He deserves an applause, although I doubt anyone was truly listening to him except the students out there

[soccerruben]

Man, I applaud Hasan for standing up for young people and their future! Jon Stewart would be proud.

[bareassbarepuss]

Waste of his time the people he's talking too will do absolutely nothing

[silverwindspirit]

Somethings wrong when our government is funnier than a comedian

[ahmedproyash]

1 minute into the video and I felt like I am watching Patriot Act minus the cool graphics

[thomasridley]

With all the debt the people are carrying it's sure to collapse at some point. You can't keep squeezing the poor and middle class without a major problem.

[bmxman]

“Now I will go back to where I came from, ”I have all the respect for that

[allsparkwars]

I was stupid enough to go to a private college that is charging me 50k a year, don’t do that. No college is worth that much.

[billbob]

"I will now go back to where I came from" lmaoo

[mistahanansi]

“Thank you for your time and I will now go back to where I came from.” I laughed like a maniac after hearing him say that. He knows what the haters are really thinking lol

[jwa]

Instead of looking at student loans can we look at why these colleges are so expensive? I think I’ve learned more watching YouTube videos and YouTube is free.

[falleng]

Most of the time, when kids get out of college they apply for a job and get denied for not having experience.