It’s Gonna Be Alright

Somethin’ Is Better Than Nothin’ by Tashaki Miyaki off of Rock Back For Japan Vol. 1.

George Carlin On The American Dream

As usual, the late comedian offers prophetic words on corporate lobbying and the broken system that we practice today.

College For Your Kids? Hand Over (Almost) Half A Million

The Article: FUTURE SHOCK: College for today’s newborns could cost as much as $422K by Ashley Kindergan in The Daily.

The Text: New moms and dads with visions of Ivy League degrees dancing in their heads should be prepared to face a bill of $422,320 in today’s dollars if Junior heads off to one the country’s priciest colleges as a member of the class of 2034.

If college costs keep rising as they have for the last three decades, the inflation-adjusted price of four years of tuition alone will more than double at private colleges and nearly triple at public universities by the time a baby born this year is ready to enroll, an analysis by The Daily shows.

Even after adjusting for inflation, college tuition has increased by an average of 3.5 percent a year at private schools and 4.5 percent a year at public schools, the analysis showed. When room and board are factored in, the total cost of college has gone up by an average of 3.08 percent a year at private schools and 2.96 percent at public schools.

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Newt Gingrich Family Values

You’ll Remember My Name

Spell by Slowdance off of Rapture and Ruin.