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What Issues Are College Students Most Concerned About?

Mar. 22, 2013 8:24pm Tiffany Gabbay

On his Friday evening broadcast, Glenn Beck hosted a panel of college students to discuss what issues are most important to them. From mounting student loan debt to an increasingly difficult job market, college students and recent graduates are feeling the sting of America’s changing economic times.

Watch below as students weigh in with their concerns and experiences:

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FuturePresident
Posted on March 24, 2013 at 3:59pm
I’m a college student, in Vermont, and I’m not liberal, what a shock! I’m not worried about finding a job after college (trying to start a 3d printing business), I’m not worried about paying for college (GI Bill has helped a lot), I’m not worried about my piece of paper (college is for my own personal enlightenment). I am worried that our country won’t exist long enough for my generation to even have a chance to turn this **** around, I am worried war is headed our way and I’ll lose friends and family, and I’m worried that my generation is a bunch of communist pansies. Those are realistic worries because a bank that collapses can’t take your money or house, a corporation can’t own your soul, and no government could ever win against AMERICA. Cling to your guns, ammo, and dreams because that’s what it’s coming down to.

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oldincarolina
Posted on March 24, 2013 at 11:40am
From what I have seen , their biggest issue is what party to attend tonight .

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 2:27pm
If they are worried about getting a job they should not have voted for a fool, marxist like obama. I think, that unless you are in the armed services,….voting age should be back to 21….; and that is probably too young.

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Sargeking
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 1:26pm
It’s all about the real jobs that are left of which Mr. Obama hasn’t got the first clue on how to perpetuate. Any room that he enters, he immediately becomes the least qualified person there. If today’s students were smart they would dispense with the traditional business or engineering degree wasteland and learn a trade such as electrician or plumber. Most people are afraid of electricity and will usually call a plumber for a sticky toilet problem. That’s beats earning a four year engineering degree so that you can assemble bicycles in Wal Mart that were made in China or a big business degree when Wall Street and the banks are laying-off thousands of workers.

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GrayPanther
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:42am
The country must discover education. Children from K-12 must be informed of economics and free enterprise capitalism. This is the basis for seeing how one country can excel all others. Then introduce government and how government can assist or damage this prosperity. We have allowed Communists to infiltrate our systems and eliminate the value of our system. This has taken place over 100 years so we are not going to fix it in 5 years. However, we CAN introduce it in our states and resist the Washington influence. Education is the answer.

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13th Imam
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:09am
How about you have to actually PAY Fed Income Tax to vote. Or own property and pay property Tax.

Takers should Not be able to vote.

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- kenboo1
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:20am
  Yeah… That would go over like a turd in a punch bowl… I have an Idea… read http://www.repeal17.net and see if you think this is doable… There are two houses of representatives… The Senate is just a glorified house of Rep… If the 17th Amendment were repealed, the state legislatures would pick their Senators again and the Senate would truly represent the states interests in the Federal government…
  
  Do you think the Senators vote in the best interest of the state or do they vote in their own best interest to be re-elected??? there is a clear and distinct difference…
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:25am
  The problem with that, 13th, is a lot of us, that used to be property owners, no longer own property thanks, in part, to these jokers.
  
  I’d rather you had to get a voting license, like a driver’s license, after taking a short quiz on stuff you should know. Name the 3 branches of government, name at least 4 Supreme Court Justices, identify the Bill of Rights, etc.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:32am
  KENBOO1…
  
  I agree.
  We don’t have Statesman in the Senate anymore.
  We have professional politicians…. trained to use specific hand gestures, and to always look at the camera a certain way.
  They’ve got more in common with American Idol Contestants than the people they represent..
  
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lel2007
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 10:19am
From mounting student loan debt to an increasingly difficult job market?
Well these kids have complete and direct control over the “mounting student loan debt” issue. But in the end, the American taxpayer will get stuck for the tab.
The job market is indeed “difficult”. These students need to choose their course of study wisely, and their political choices even more wisely.

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TheWhiteFalcon
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 9:59am
Hey, we’re not all messed up. Don’t be so quick to throw us all under the bus. Not all of us experienced the liberal indoctrination.

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Eastinfection
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 9:56am
1. Scoring some doobie.
2. Betting on NFL games.
3. Beer
4. hooking up with a temporary mate.
5. plagiarism
6. calling Mom & Dad to beg for cash to waste on the above items.
7. Beauty Sleep.

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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 9:23am
It is still time to change the voting age to thirty, to give these brainwashed kids time to adjust, before the 2016 federal election!

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 10:18am
  I’d settle for changing the voting IQ to 30.
  
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IOWAGIR
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 9:15am
I have never heard the term rehypothication (sp?). To me the way Glen explained it, sort of remixed me of the Barney Frank/fannyMae and the banking disasters. It seems that the best way to teach kids the truth is to either make a movie or video game that uses that scenario. The movie could follow the individual that gets foreclosed on and the impact on their life as well as with the business and the people making the decisions. Create a game that gives you choices on real life scenarios…you are given an incomeand a certain $ amount in savings. then you have to pick a car, $s to invest, rent or own. Education , average utility bills, food and entertainment budget. It should calculate how that person would be doing I one to three years. Give options for credit cards. Results show consequences of their choices. And maybe I misunderstood Glen. LOL!

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ktmrider1
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 9:01am
they are concerned with whatever worthless crap their heads are being filled with

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ReallySeriouslyNoWay
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 8:39am
They (as a voting bloc) got him elected, they can reap what they sow.

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FuturePresident
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 3:42am
Well the older generations all screwed up big, I’m worried the young are this countries last chance…needless to say it doesn’t look good for our country lol.

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- MittensKittens
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 6:05am
  HA HA, agreed, if the youth of this country is our only hope, we might as well kiss our butts goodbye…these college kids don’t even have 2 brain cells to rub together let alone 2 cents (sense)
  
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- FuturePresident
  Posted on March 25, 2013 at 8:05am
  Well, I mostly agree that we are screwed, but I gotta say I at least have two brain cells left and I’m not the best college student…maybe that’s why I haven’t gone full retart yet lol
  
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Caniac Steve
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:25pm
i will be praying for this generation as baby are they gonna need it !!

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:39am
  Whazzup with our boys, Steve?
  
  5 game winless streak?
  Rutherford gonna make a move before the deadline?
  
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