Digital Social Hour - The $20K Mistake 99% of College Grads Make | Charlie Kirk DSH #1017

Episode Date: December 26, 2024

The $20K Mistake 99% of College Grads Make | Charlie Kirk spills the truth! 🎓💸 Ready for some hard-hitting insights? 🔥 Charlie Kirk drops knowledge bombs on student loans, crypto, healthcare..., and more! Don't miss this eye-opening conversation that'll make you rethink everything you know about college and success. 🚀 Kirk's take on education will shock you! He reveals why the Department of Education might be a scam and offers actionable advice for parents. Plus, get the inside scoop on crypto investments you've never heard before! 💡 Curious about the biggest threats to America? Kirk doesn't hold back! From intel agencies to the Chinese Communist Party, he breaks it all down. 🏫 Ever wonder which college campuses welcomed Kirk with open arms? (Spoiler: It's not the ones you'd expect!) He shares his best and worst experiences on campuses across the nation. 💰 Flat tax, US dollar, Syria - Kirk tackles these hot topics and more! You'll be amazed at his fresh perspectives on issues that affect us all. Tune in now for a rollercoaster of controversial opinions and thought-provoking ideas. Whether you agree or disagree, this conversation will get you talking! Hit that play button and join the debate. 🗣️ Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more game-changing conversations! 🔔 Let's keep the dialogue going in the comments below. What's your take on Kirk's views? #currentaffairs #studentloanplanner #educationaleffectiveness #debtfreecommunity #failinginstitutions CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Department of Education Scam 01:42 - Pro-Crypto Stance 02:26 - Healthcare Changes Desired 04:07 - Biggest Threats to America 06:38 - Lowering Tuition Debate 07:00 - Student Loan Forgiveness Discussion 07:32 - Flat Tax Support 08:18 - US Dollar Insights 08:41 - Syria Discussion 09:37 - China Relations 10:24 - Charlie's Debate Potential 11:34 - Future Plans for Charlie APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: jenna@digitalsocialhour.com GUEST: Charlie Kirk https://www.instagram.com/charliekirk1776/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-charlie-kirk-show/id1460600818 LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:01:32 No, absolutely not. Let me give you the reason why. Number one, I didn't go to college and I've succeeded. So why should my taxpayer dollars go for pay for somebody else's mistakes? Number two, let's look at all the amazing people that are primary electricians, welders, police officers, didn't go to college. So they have to pay more taxes, they'll go pay for somebody that did go to college. That's morally indefensible. What about kids that went to different schools to try to graduate with less debt?
Starting point is 00:01:51 Are we punishing their good decisions? So no. All right guys, we are at Amfest here with the man himself, Charlie Kirk. Thanks for coming on, man. Great to have you, man. I've been trying to make this work for a while, so thank you. I mean, you've been the busiest man on the planet lately. Yes, sir. Dude, thanks for coming on. Great to have you man I've been trying to make this work for a while so thank you. Yeah I mean you've been the busiest man on the planet lately
Starting point is 00:02:06 so um dude thanks for having me it's my first MFest and it's honestly. We'll have you back anytime. Yeah it's been incredible. Thank you. Obviously your take on college it's a scam I want to take it one step further. Sure. Do you believe the Department of Education is a scam? Yes it should be eliminated. Absolutely. Why do you feel that way? Well I don't first of all constitutionally I'm not I'm not certain that it's even consistent with the constitutional intent that the federal government should have a role in education. Number two, ever since the formation of the department education, it used to be called health education and welfare, HEW, test scores have gone down, our schools are a disaster.
Starting point is 00:02:39 Education is the most personal thing. It's the development of the soul. It's the development of the character of an individual. And the federal government has failed miserably in the education of our children. We rank like 36 of industrialized countries when it comes to education. We are significantly behind many of our competitors. We need to send all the education back to the states and local municipalities. What do you think parents watching this should do? Something actionable? Well, if again, I understand that everyone has different financial pressures and sensitivities,
Starting point is 00:03:06 but if you're able to do it, homeschool your kids, take your kids out of the public education system out of the government education system and educate them yourself. Absolutely. Are you pro crypto? I've never seen crypto. Very pro crypto. You got some Bitcoin? I actually have better stuff than that.
Starting point is 00:03:19 I am a significant investor in the plumbing of how crypto is made. Really? So I won't say any more than that, but done some good private equity deals in the actual backend on the technology of actually blockchain on how all these coins go public. Now not Bitcoin itself, but of all the other types of coins. And so if you are long on crypto, I encourage people to understand that there is a needed multi-billion dollar infrastructure that needs to be there to actually for all these coins to be able to go through
Starting point is 00:03:49 process to be made public to go through ICOs. But yes, I'm very pro crypto and I got some coins. I love it. What changes you want to see in the healthcare industry coming up? What changes do I want to see? Yeah. Well, the entire premise of the healthcare industry right now is a sick care industry where we are only treating ailments, not root causes.
Starting point is 00:04:07 I'm so excited that Bobby Kennedy is going to be HHS secretary. I want to start to see a couple of things. I want to make sure that we no longer allow pharmaceutical advertisements on television. There's no reason for that whatsoever. And we have to understand that food can either heal you or destroy you and kill you. So food is poison or food can be nourishing. And so we need to get back to foundational ideas that there's protein, fats and carbohydrates.
Starting point is 00:04:30 All food will go into one of those three categories. We are way too carbohydrate dependent. The fats that we have are saturated fats and they're monosaturated fats. Instead, we need to get back to healthy, clean fats such as almonds, olive oil, avocadosocados on and so forth and then i have a much more protein lean protein uh... heavy diet that alone can help us with type two diabetes obesity
Starting point is 00:04:52 uh... help us with rheumatoid arthritis in uh... lupus and some of the things that people are experiencing on the conditions that are playing in the country right now so and then you have beyond that we need to be far less pharmaceutical dependent uphill for every hill right now is what they say. I don't think that's always the case. I think lifestyle changes need to be entertained before we try to prescribe pharmacological agents into people's lifestyle.
Starting point is 00:05:13 Right, because right now they punish you for being preventative. Correct. That's right. Yeah, and we need a preventative health care system that is not just educating, but also properly incentivizing people to eat healthy, move proper vitamin D levels get good sleep hydrate and not poison their bodies. Yeah because right now health insurance won't fund preventative MRIs advanced blood work all of that stuff. Health insurance companies are not my favorite. What do you think the biggest threats to America are right now? Well I think that within America it is the intel agencies in the
Starting point is 00:05:44 deep state. That's why I'm very excited for Tulsi Gabbard to become director of national intelligence. Our intel agencies have been configured against the American people for far too long, and we need to do something significant and real to make sure that the intel agencies come to heel. The Chinese Communist Party is an existential threat against the American people and against the West, and we need to try to restrain them and keep them in check. And then I will say the American left, I mean we beat them in this last election, but they're going to come back and they are a force to be reckoned with.
Starting point is 00:06:16 Yeah, Doge getting rid of a lot of jobs, you're excited about that? Government jobs, absolutely. Yeah, I mean I think that 80% of the federal government shouldn't exist. Yeah. So I'm thrilled about it. Only 6% of them show up to work? Bet MGM, authorized gaming partner of the NBA, has your back all season long. From tip-off to the final buzzer, you're always taken care of with the sportsbook Born in Vegas. That's a feeling you can only get with BetMGM. And no matter your team, your favorite player, or your style, there's something every NBA
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Starting point is 00:07:50 Absolutely. What have been your favorite college campuses to visit? That's a really good question. No one has ever asked me that actually. My favorite, we had a great time at University of Georgia this last cycle, 5,000 kids showed up. I always love Arizona State University, just wonderful people.
Starting point is 00:08:06 I'm trying to think back this This last semester, I had 25. I've done well over 160 in the last decade. So I've visited almost every major college campus. So there's the Power 5, right? Well, it used to be this way. We got rid of the PAC-12 because of stupid conference realignment. It used to be PAC-12, Big 10, Big 12, ACC, SEC, Big East. Now it's all messed up.
Starting point is 00:08:24 So I visit, there's 60 Power 5 schools, about 60, 65. I think I've done like 62 out of 65. Wow, that's impressive. University of Georgia was awesome this last cycle, as I mentioned. University of Wisconsin-Madison was great. UNC Chapel Hill was incredible. University of Texas-Austin was fun,
Starting point is 00:08:38 despite it being kind of liberal. So I could keep going through the list. Which campuses treated you the worst? That's a good question. Believe it or not, the one that was the worst to me was Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. They abruptly kicked me off campus. They pulled our microphone.
Starting point is 00:08:55 They didn't follow the permitting. Of all the campuses across the country, Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas was the worst. Wow, that's a surprising answer. It's just for whatever reason, that administrator had some acts to grind with me. I would have thought somewhere in LA or Washington. UCLA was awful, but, but, but they were transparently awful. Like leading up to it.
Starting point is 00:09:16 They told us this is our criteria and all this Kansas state just broke all the rules. They told us that we had, and they treated us terribly. Yeah. Do you think tuition should be massively lowered? Well, yes, but not by government. I mean, first of all, I don't think as many people should go to college. I think we need more competition. I think we should stop subsidizing student loans or taxpayer money. And yes, of course, we need to try to drive down the price of tuition, which I think we can do through robust competition.
Starting point is 00:09:37 More schools, more trade schools, more technical schools, and stopping subsidizing a failing scam, which is the four-year college education system. Student loan forgiveness, are you for them? Absolutely not, no. Well, let me give you the reason why. Number one, I didn't go to college, and I've succeeded. So why should my taxpayer dollars go for pay for somebody else's mistakes? That's number one. Number two, let's look at all the amazing people that are plumbers, electricians, welders, police officers, they didn't go to college. So they have to pay more taxes to go pay for somebody that did go to college.
Starting point is 00:10:02 That's morally indefensible. And then finally, what are the kids that were student athletes, worked second jobs, got scholarships, got good grades to try to limit their student loan burden? What about kids that went to different schools to try to graduate with less debt? Are we punishing their good decisions? So no, for those reasons, I'm against student loan forgiveness. Are you for a flat tax? Oh yeah, I mean, ideally, I think a 10% tax across the board.
Starting point is 00:10:21 I actually would love to get rid of income tax. Really? Yeah. I think it's possible. I think you can do it through national tariffs and a 10% tax across the board. I actually would love to get rid of income tax. I think, yeah. I think it's possible. I think you can do it through national tariffs and a national sales tax. People don't like that, but I think that there is something to be said that the income tax is somewhat immoral.
Starting point is 00:10:34 That the government does actually not have a right to your property in that way. Well, we used to not have those, right? That's right, we funded our government through tariffs. Wow, so do you think we could go back to that system? Potentially, yeah. I mean, look, if you shrink the size of government, you don't need as much revenue.
Starting point is 00:10:43 And look, tariffs are great. We should use them more. Our government is afraid of tariffs. They say it's gonna raise prices. That's half true. It's not necessarily always true because companies can read domicile back in the United States and then sell their products here
Starting point is 00:10:55 and therefore avoid the tariff. But yeah, I think a flat tax across the board in the interim would be a phenomenal idea. Do you think the US dollar can get back on track? Yes, yes. I think that President Trump is gonna break apart BRICS one by one. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa,
Starting point is 00:11:12 South Africa is just the DEI pick in there. They have no business being in the BRICS. And then Brazil is, they'll do whatever we tell them to do. But yes, right now I think like 47% of all the world's reserve currency status is the US dollar. I think President Trump will get that back to 60%. Should we get involved with Syria? No, absolutely not.
Starting point is 00:11:27 Stay completely and totally out. Not our fight, not our struggle. And honestly, Assad was good for Christians. And Assad was a bad guy, but what's replacing him is even worse. We have no role whatsoever. Assad was good to the Christians of Syria, and people are afraid to say that. Tucker went back to Russia. It seems like they're preparing for something catastrophic.
Starting point is 00:11:45 Did that hurt you at all? Well, I'm glad he went. I'm glad that he kept diplomatic channels open with Sergey Lavrov. But yeah, look, I actually don't know why we hate Russia as much as we do. I don't like Russia. It's not a free society. But I'm curious about Russia. I think we should all be. It's an incredibly powerful country. It's a very complex country, very diverse country, the largest country, phenomenal body of literature that's impressive from Tolstoy to Dostoevsky. They're not a dumb people. They're in some ways a great people. Again, I'm not Russian. I have nothing to say for it, but I don't know why we hate them so much and why our entire American
Starting point is 00:12:17 foreign policy regime is so insistent about getting us closer to a thermonuclear war with Russia. Absolutely. So China owns the second most farmland in America. Does that concern you at all? Is that right? I really... That's what Callie means, son. Interesting. He said Bill Gates was first and China was second. Wow. We'll have to fact check it, but...
Starting point is 00:12:33 Yeah, well, I think what he means is outside of like family farms, right? Because I mean, if he means like private owners, wow, of course it does. It shouldn't be allowed. Breaking news coming in from bet 365 where every nail biting overtime win breakaway pick six three point shot underdog win buzzer beater shootout walk off and Absolutely every play in between is amazing from football to basketball and hockey to baseball Whatever the moment it's never ordinary at bet 365. Must be 19 or older, Ontario only. Please play responsibly. If you or someone you know has concerns about gambling, visit connectsontario.ca. And they're all by military basis.
Starting point is 00:13:14 Yes, it should be forbidden. The Chinese Communist Party should not be able to buy farmland anywhere in the United States, let alone near military bases. They're going all in on AI and drones. It seems like they're advancing very quickly. Yeah, that's right. And look, we need to win the artificial intelligence race. I think we do that actually by decentralizing AI, not centralizing it. The Biden way of doing AI,
Starting point is 00:13:31 they wanted three or four companies that they just controlled. I actually think more competition in the AI space is going to be better. Yeah. What do you think of the drone stuff in New Jersey, New York? Everyone's been asking me about it. And we had this whole show. I had Andrew, I said, cancel everything. Let's do the whole show about drones Yeah, two hours. We had every expert and I learned nothing. No one knows anything I mean, I mean I learned about their credentials. I learned about their guesses and their speculation No one knows anything was much a bluster for two hours nice people, you know, well, I think it could be this Well, I could do that. I mean, so I have no idea in order the people I had on my show. I love it
Starting point is 00:14:01 I got two names. I'm wondering guys great. I love this. It's like thoughtful. I'm wondering if you would debate these people. Okay, first name is Mark Cuban Oh, you know, I've actually debated him before I'll be happy to again. Yes that before he went on that hole It was back in 20. That was the event you missed that was 2017 2018 actually it was with Adam Rubenstein shadowed me around 2018 okay, he's had some hot takes since then. Yeah, I've debated him. It's fine. Of course. Would you debate Dean Withers again? Uh, yes, I would not Uh Parker is that Parker? No, no, no, he's he's he's not a good faith actor. Dean. I like I think Dean's a good kid Who's very confused? Um, I don't want to say debate i'd have a discussion with Dean. I think that would be really fun. I think Dean
Starting point is 00:14:41 Is legitimately intellectually curious. I think Dean thinks deeply about the topics and he's a good faith actor. I love it. What's next for you? I know you got a book, what else? Turning points growing like crazy. Podcast is going great. Gonna continue our campus tours,
Starting point is 00:14:55 trying to help the president any way I can. I love it. Thanks for coming on, man. Love it, thank you, that was great. Yes. That was fun. That was the best interview I did today. Oh really?

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