students debt loans at this point are the highest they ve ever been. in the national debt, it s over $17 trillion. so when you add all of those things up, it just goes to show you that the policies under the obama administration are hurting youth nationwide and yet, miley cyrus is what we re focusing on. so the real wrecking ball at the young america s foundation, we believe to be obviously the policies of the obama administration. are those numbers behind what you call the misery index? that is. so annually we release a report called the youth misery index where we add up youth unemployment, student debt numbers, and the national debt per capita, which is everybody s share of the $17 trillion debt. so in 2013, the youth unemployment rate was 16.3%. the student loan average for anyone going to college and graduating was $29,400, the highest it has ever been. and national debt per capita was
news editor of town hall.com and fox news contributor and has a great piece on this very subject. katie, good morning. good morning. has america become the land of man children in the land of obama? is that what we ve become? we re definitely getting there. since 2009, the youth unemployment rate for young people 18 to say 35 has hovered around 16%. when you have that problem, you have more people living at home and more people depending on government programs. under barack obama, who we all know is a big government advocate, there is an interest in keeping young people dependent on their parents and dependent on big government because the last thing they want is for young people to go in the real world and realize how much things actually cost, how many taxes they re paying and what it takes to be independent. what is the interest, the specific interest they have in making sure that young people don t know what it s like in the real world, that are comforted and sheltered by t
it s difficult for iran to admit that the economy in iran has been affected by the sanctions, but there is no doubt that it has been affected by the sanctions. there is something like a 40% inflation rate, something like a 30% youth unemployment rate. president rouhani has made it very clear he wants sanctions to end. and it is also important to know he has sent several signals before our interview even saying that the time is short, there won t be a lot of time to reach a nuclear deal. we asked him if that meant weeks, months, or years. he did not answer that question directly, but there is no doubt from talking to his team that they see that the time is now. clearly, i think, andrea, what you re also intimating, which is a very important point, is that there s a political risk for him just as there s a political risk for president obama to step too far into this ring without an
strings attached. go use it and buy food. egypt is the world s largest importer for wheat and if they don t have the wheat, people don t eat. when they re upset about a number of things and starving and take to the streets about basic necessities to survive, to me, that sounds like gasoline on the fire. absolutely. 40% of egyptian population is world poor and only eat the bred the government gives them. and a large percentage is under 30 and don t have jobs. they have the largest youth unemployment rate in the world. unless the current military government can establish some kind of order that economy is never going to recover. what will happen, angry people go out into the streets, nor civil unrest. the economy gets worse, tourists don t go see the pyramid. foreign investments don t invest and egyptian government shutters their doors.
take a look.k. also, john, go ahead. youth unemployment rate in greece, 62%. that s also how much the greek stock market is up from the lasi year. i own others. gutsy call. you ve been hot. stay hot. you re awesome. great to join us this weekme. again. that s it for the the cost of freedom at block. before we go, riding aboard the air force one, 180,000 tax dollars per hour. secret service, tens ofnds thousands of tax dollars per day. an eight-day martha s vineyard extravaganza, while millions can t find a job and a record number of americans need food stamps to survive. priceless. leadership. all things america expects from our commander in chief. have a great weekend. if you re on martha s vineyard this weekend, you bump into