Fox host “thrilled” student loan repayments are due
Fox Business' Charles Payne rails against “pampered, elitist” student loan holders
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From the May 5, 2025, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): Let's just talk about student loans now. Your feeling about the repayments coming back and how it could really strap people.
CHARLES PAYNE (FOX BUSINESS HOST): I'm thrilled. It's — these are the most pampered, elitist -- this educated elite in this country have, I mean, they just, it's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous. You know, the jobs report came out on Friday. Alright, so unemployment for someone with a bachelor degree, the unemployment level is 2.5% percent. If you just have less than high school, it's 6%. If you have high school, it's 4%. Double the unemployment for high school grads. They make over a million dollars more in their lifetime. Their kids live in better neighborhoods. They don't face crime, poverty, worries, or concerns. Okay? There's 7.2 million job openings right now. Take one. Take one. Oh, wasn't what you studied for? Too bad. Take one. That's what the average person does. We have coddled these folks. We have — we have created a caste system in America. We have a caste system. We have put the elites above us, and we keep — how many people who have no money in the stock market, 'did you see the stock market under Trump?' You never cared about it before. You said it was for rich people. Why are you letting the elites dominate us? Why is a cab driver taking his tax money to pay your student loan? You're gonna — your kids are gonna have a better life than his kids. What the hell is wrong with this country? Pay your damn student loan. Bottom line, pay it.