Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar threw her full support behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s newest plan to cancel student debt for 95% of Americans with loans; calling the current economic system a “national crisis.”
“Yes! It’s time we started treating student debt like the national crisis that it is. 69% of college students now owe over $1.5 trillion. That’s why I support debt and tuition-free and college and will be introducing a bill to cancel all student debt,” posted Omar on social media.
Yes! It's time we started treating student debt like the national crisis that it is.
69% of college students now owe over $1.5 trillion. That's why I support debt and tuition-free and college and will be introducing a bill to cancel all student debt. ???????? https://t.co/quVp2qB3qX
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) April 22, 2019
Rep. Omar made national headlines weeks ago when she flippantly referred to the 9/11 terror attacks that took the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans as just “some people” who “did something.”
FEINSTEIN’S NEXT FIGHT? Dianne Slams Student Loan ‘Forgiveness Program,’ Calls for Probe
Senator Dianne Feinstein escalated her all-out war with the Trump administration this week; bizarrely slamming the Student Loan Forgiveness Program and demanding new information from Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Feinstein posted a scathing letter addressed to DeVos on social media Thursday afternoon, writing “The GAO released a report showing the Department of Education has denied loan forgiveness to an alarming 99.6% of individuals who applied to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. This is deeply troubling and we’re calling on Betsy DeVos to release more information.”
The GAO released a report showing the Department of Education has denied loan forgiveness to an alarming 99.6% of individuals who applied to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. This is deeply troubling and we’re calling on Betsy DeVos to release more information. pic.twitter.com/baUF49WkOY
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) October 18, 2018
The Senator’s newest demand comes just days after she led a Democrat boycott of the Judiciary Committee; walking-out as Republicans moved to confirm a series of federal judges ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
ECONOMICS 101: Cortez Confuses Tax Cuts AGAIN, Wants to ‘Forgive’ Student Debt with Non-Existent Money
Embattled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doubled-down on her calls for total student loan forgiveness Wednesday evening; bizarrely suggesting tax cuts could be used to finance her massive proposal.
“Cost of the GOP Tax Scam for the rich: ~$1.8-2.3 Trillion. Cost of forgiving all student loans in America: ~$1.5 Trillion. Clearly where there’s a will, there’s a way. When people say that there isn’t ‘enough’ to do these things, what they mean is they don’t *want* to do them,” posted Cortez on social media.
Cost of the GOP Tax Scam for the rich:💰~$1.8-2.3 Trillion
Cost of forgiving all student loans in America:💰~$1.5 Trillion
Clearly where there’s a will, there’s a way.
When people say that there isn’t “enough” to do these things, what they mean is they don’t *want* to do them. https://t.co/RvcYk8kbEy
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 13, 2019
Cortez made similar comments weeks ago when she suggested New York could use Amazon’s proposed tax breaks to fix the region’s crumbling infrastructure and hire more teachers.