{"id":1626404,"date":"2022-08-30T07:17:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T11:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1626404"},"modified":"2022-08-30T07:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T11:18:17","slug":"aoc-says-its-selfish-for-us-to-not-want-to-pay-off-her-student-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-says-its-selfish-for-us-to-not-want-to-pay-off-her-student-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Says Its Selfish for Us to Not Want to Pay Off Her Student Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-says-its-selfish-for-us-to-not-want-to-pay-off-her-student-loans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1626404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) over the weekend defended the Biden administration\u2019s 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 \u201creject the scarcity mindset that says doing something good for someone else comes at the cost of something for ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a post to Instagram over the weekend, the far-left radical and longtime advocate for student loan debt cancellation defended the Biden administration\u2019s 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\u2019 debts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll 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,\u201d she claimed, urging Americans to \u201creject the scarcity mindset that says doing something good for someone else comes at the cost of something for ourselves.\u201d However, she made no distinction between doing something good for someone privately versus the federal government forcing redistribution of private wealth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cAn 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\u2019t able to buy a home because of student debt,\u201d she claimed, asserting that Americans can \u201csupport things we won\u2019t directly benefit from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Ocasio-Cortez added that the Biden administration\u2019s move is just a \u201c<span class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\">first step\u201d as she is \u201calso thinking about how this still leaves a question mark for those in the highest amounts of debt, who need the most amount of help.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Chw2Gf9rcwo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In another post, the far-left Democrat continued to bash taxpayers who do not want to pay off student loans that are not their own, comparing them to individuals who do not buy the climate change hysteria of the left, many of whom are complete hypocrites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/05\/john-kerrys-family-jet-flown-16-times-this-year-climate-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showing<\/a> that they do not even really believe it themselves. But in Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s mind, those who refuse to go along with the left\u2019s ideas are acting selfishly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example: the rich will not be able to run from climate change, no matter how many may want to believe they can buy their personal way out of it. In light of the ecological, economic, and social challenges we face, our society\u2019s ability to triumph and prevail actually depends on our capacity for SELFLESSNESS over SELFISHNESS,\u201d she said, scolding people:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s why if you\u2019re upset now about student loan forgiveness, you are likely not ready for climate change. You are not ready for your home to be flooded or taken by wildfire, or for a medical emergency to affect your family. Because when crisis finds us (and it always does) it requires us to rely on others, and that will be difficult to nonexistent if you spent your life fighting against our capacity to help one another in many other different ways even if we don\u2019t immediately benefit in the short run.<\/p>\n<p>If you think this is silly, look at the National Flood Insurance Program and some are already opposing it\u2019s expansion and<br \/>adaptation to the climate crisis citing similar self centered framing that others use to oppose loan forgiveness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Chy4OTwu_rB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to some estimates, Biden\u2019s student loan forgiveness plan could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/08\/25\/biden-student-loan-transfer-estimated-to-cost-around-500-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost<\/a> around $500 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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