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The Big Education Racket: Trump’s Rule Ends the Blank Check
21 July 2026

The Big Education Racket: Trump’s Rule Ends the Blank Check

The Right Side With Doug Billings

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The federal student loan system has been a rigged game for decades — colleges raised tuition without consequences, handed out credentials with little real-world value, and left students and taxpayers holding the bag. On this hard-hitting stand-alone episode of The Right Side, Doug Billings breaks down President Trump’s groundbreaking new Earnings Accountability rule and the Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) that’s finally putting the Big Education Racket on a performance plan.

Doug explains how the rule works (program-by-program earnings tests, warnings, and consequences for failure), why it’s not a ban on any major, and the crucial distinction between real learning and expensive credentials. He delivers the analysis you won’t hear anywhere else: how federal loans insulated universities from market discipline, the human cost of the debt crisis, and the hopeful path forward for families, students, and America’s future.

This episode cuts through the noise with clear conservative insight on accountability, opportunity, and restoring common sense to higher education. If you’re tired of worthless degrees and runaway tuition, this is must-listen content that empowers better choices for the next generation.

✅ Timely Trump policy breakdown
✅ Beyond the headlines analysis
✅ Pro-student, pro-taxpayer, pro-opportunity

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