“I am very grateful for this watershed moment for a first step – it is so encouraging, thrilling, and has already changed SO many people’s lives. “It is up to us, and to you, to decide if we are going to stop here, or if we are going to keep pushing,” AOC said. Whereas many Democrats are content with Biden’s $10k gift, AOC properly appreciates that $10k per borrower doesn’t really accomplish that much.
Actually, AOC is pushing for more loan forgiveness, bless her heart. Student loan forgiveness is the right thing to do. AOC, despite her frequent silliness, understands what Cruz does not. That the notion perplexes Cruz and invites his scorn, again offers insights into the mindset of a modern politician. Some politicians even craft policy with their constituents’ interests in mind, knowing there will be a political benefit. Politicians who help constituents’ interests often experience political benefits.
Lastly, Cruz whines about the slacker barista being motivated to vote on account of having student loans forgiven. While Cruz, who studied public policy during the 80s and 90s, sneers at people for studying “useless things,” he might be surprised to find the job market for a contemporary public policy major rather constricted. Second of all, Cruz neglects to point out that his hypothetical ‘slacker barista’ may not be able to get a (different, higher-paying) job for reasons beyond his or her control. You gotta remember, this is the guy who, while at Harvard Law School, wouldn’t allow anyone in his study group who didn’t attend either Harvard, Yale, or Princeton for undergrad. And as the COVID pandemic demonstrated, the service industry is vital to our economy – and to our expectations of what our daily lives look like.Ĭruz’s comments, deriding service workers, offers insight into how Cruz, and his GOP peers, actually view the working class – the constituents the GOP professes to care most for. First of all, working as a barista, or in the service industry, is usually a grind, guaranteed to weed out true slackers. But Cruz, who holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard, is missing the point. “If you can get off the bong for a minute and head down to the voting station, or just send in your mail-in ballot that the Democrats have helpfully sent you – it could drive up turnout, particularly among young people.”Ĭruz’s statement is an attempt at the ‘tell-it-like-it-is-real-talk’ that Trump popularized. And suddenly you just got 20 grand,” Cruz said. You know, maybe you weren’t gonna vote in November. “If you are that slacker barista who wasted seven years in college studying completely useless things, now has loans and can’t get a job – Joe Biden just gave you 20 grand. Cruz’s recent comments criticizing student loans even make reference to AOC, the one-time bartender. Ted Cruz, for example, decreasingly serious as he strives for Trump-style shock value, is on the offensive. Ted Cruz and his Trumpist Views Counters AOCĪOC’s loan forgiveness defense is matched against an onslaught of GOP criticism. People who take public transit pay for car infrastructure.”
“People with apartments pay for first-time homeowner benefits,” AOC continued, “young people contribute to Medicare for our seniors. This – this being our country – is a collective endeavor after all. We can do good things and reject the scarcity mindset that says doing something good for someone else comes at the cost of something for ourselves.”
I am sure there are certainly other things that student loan borrowers’ taxes pay for that you benefit from. When asked over Instagram how canceling student debt benefits borrowers who already paid off their student loans, AOC answered : “Maybe student loan forgiveness doesn’t impact you. But AOC and I are fully aligned respecting the student loan crisis.ĪOC States Her Position on Student Debt and Those Who Already Paid Theirs Off I often find her to be inauthentic or misguided. I don’t always agree with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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