Learn more & help us pass the For the People Act: https://www.represent.us/unbreaking-the-debt
Americans owe over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. And like many of our country’s problems, it all ties back to corruption.
In just 9 minutes, Ed Helms exposes the corruption at the root of the student debt crisis, and how we can fix it.
**Clarification: This video refers to the Former Chairman of the Education Committee, John Boehner, not the current Chairman.
Sources: https://act.represent.us/sign/drowning-student-debt-sources/
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Right now, over 43 million people in the United States are buried under $1.6 trillion dollars in federal student loan debt. And every year the crisis continues to get worse.
Ed Helms explains how crippling student debt is actually just a symptom of our broken political system. Massive financial institutions use lobbyists, campaign donations and their insider political connections to skew federal policy to protect their interests and pad their profits. It’s corruption.
President Biden has deferred student loan payments until October and is considering an executive order to forgive some student loan debt. But these actions won’t fix the underlying cause of this crisis.
Luckily, there’s hope. The most powerful, sweeping federal anti-corruption law since Watergate is moving through Congress right now. The For the People Act would fundamentally reshape American politics. It takes political power away from lobbyists, political insiders and profiteering financial institutions and puts it back in the hands of the people.
We need millions of Americans fired up about the For The People Act right now. Everyone’s talking about student debt. Let’s show them that fixing the system can fix this, too.
Join the movement at https://represent.us/
Sources: https://act.represent.us/sign/drowning-student-debt-sources/
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Ed Helms
Nora Gilbert
Directed by: Michael Marantz
Writers: Joshua Graham Lynn, Ryan Kleier, Michael Marantz
Research: Jack Noland, Ryan Kleier
Animator / Animation & Illustration:
Luke Toth
John Cranston
Joe Garber
Danni Fisher-Shin
Arnold Aldridge
Nolan Wang
Composer: Garth Stephenson
Director of Photography: Don Davis
Producer: Ari Hakim
Assistant Director: Miles Johnstone
Associate Producer / Post Producer: Zach MacDonald
1st Assistant Camera: Kevin Yoshimitsu
2nd Assistant Camera: Kevin Hooper
DIT: Felix Arceneaux, Willis Chung
Gaffer: Paul Hauser
Best Boy Electric: Eric Fleetwood
Lighting Board Operator: Gustavo Oliva
Key Grip: Archie Ciotti
Best Boy Grip: Chad Teglas
Script Supervisor: Tara Riddell
Sound Mixer: Daniel McCoy
Boom Operator: Amanda Pust
Teleprompter: Jeff Dunham
Editor: Zach MacDonald
Assistant Editor: Koby Leff
Mix Engineer: Brandon Hickey
Hair & Makeup: Angelina Butera
Wardrobe Stylist: Jane Vernon
Production Manager: Mike Suzuki
Production Coordinator: Katie Hoagland
Production Assistants: Mariama Bonetti, Patrick Gilman, Esther Ancrum
Special Thanks
Kate Frydman
Camera: The Camera Division
VTR: Stu Susten
Teleprompter: Greenberg Teleprompt
Stage: BLT Studios
Stage Manager: Steve Martin
Production Supplies: BLT Studios
Catering: McCrafty’s, Taqueria El Tapatio
Craft Service: Danny Crowley
Production Trucking: Galpin
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