Posted on 08/29/2022 7:25:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) over the weekend defended the Biden administration’s plan to cancel a portion of student loan debt, suggesting that those who oppose it are selfish and contending that it is time for people to “reject the scarcity mindset that says doing something good for someone else comes at the cost of something for ourselves.”
In a post to Instagram over the weekend, the far-left radical and longtime advocate for student loan debt cancellation defended the Biden administration’s decision to cancel $10,000 to $20,000 for borrowers, suggesting that it is wrong for taxpayers to be angry that their money is going towards others’ debts.
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Not every program has to be for everybody. People with apartments pay for first time homeowner benefits. Young people pay for Medicare for our seniors. People who take public transit pay for car infrastructure,” she claimed, urging Americans to “reject the scarcity mindset that says doing something good for someone else comes at the cost of something for ourselves.” However, she made no distinction between doing something good for someone privately versus the federal government forcing redistribution of private wealth.
“An example: If a person is blessed enough to be in a position to have paid off their loans, maybe they have a home and now benefitted from the first time homeowners programs that people crushed by student loans help subsidize when they aren’t able to buy a home because of student debt,” she claimed, asserting that Americans can “support things we won’t directly benefit from.”
Ocasio-Cortez added that the Biden administration’s move is just a “first step” as she is “also thinking about how this still leaves a question mark for those in the highest amounts of debt, who need the most amount of...
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It’s just another commie plot, Jim.
this is so simple
it’s the story of the ant and the grasshopper.
But Democrats want to keep helping the grasshopper party so he pays no price for his laziness. And worse yet, they want to tax the ant to pay for the grasshopper’s continued partying.
AOC needs to stuff the tuition loan annulment down her garbage disposal.
How stupid must you be to actually vote for this stripper that knows less than nothing? Hell, she makes public school graduates and presstitutes appear to be smart
what did I read recently about her net worth going from about zero to over a couple million since she entered Congress
If I am selfish, why would that be any of her business?
all of the things she mentioned, good or bad, were voted on by elected representatives
the loan forgiveness was not
see the difference sandy?
i thought she was a democratic socialist
i guess not
Yes!! It’s selfish to want to keep the money you worked for rather than go to a bunch of wasters who majored in subjects that ended in “studies” when the weren’t partying or demonstrating against things that they don’t even have a superficial understanding of.
No!! It’s NOT selfish to borrow money for your own benefit and then expect someone else to pick up the tab.
Thus say the Democrats
Screw you little Miss Selfish. Your parents came to this country because THEY were selfish. And they raised a freeloading SELFISH daughter. When we Americans want any crap out of you, we’ll unscrew your head and dip it out. Now go pay some taxes Sandy.
This is just raiding the tip jar on a larger scale. It’s okay in her book.
Don’t forget “racist” too...
Shhhhh. You’ll give her a migraine if you make her think too much.
You have to be stupid or fanatically devoted to the Democrat brand or a New Yorker. (Which by definition is both).
With the wind up home loans are up next to be canceled.
Socialists think that wanting to keep more of the money you earned makes you a selfish person.
I oppose vote buying.
There is no good reason to give a nurse making $85000/year with an $11000 loan balance a $10000 federal handout.
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