Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is backing a proposal that would cancel all student loan debt:
Are you truly free if you graduate hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt?
Are you free if you cannot pursue your dream because you don't make enough to cover your student loan payments?
We will #CancelStudentDebt because there is no freedom without economic freedom.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 24, 2019
Naturally, AOC is fully supportive, but Sanders’ “are you truly free” question caused more than its share of eye rolls:
Are you truly free if you're government confiscates your money every time they think up a new potential voting bloc to bribe? https://t.co/fmXw6KFZ2F
— Michael Holder (@Michael28940056) June 24, 2019
I can't think of anything less "truly free" than collectivism. https://t.co/h1mLU0xrnZ
— Blame Big Government (@BlameBigGovt) June 24, 2019
Apparently people are only “truly free” when a bloated, over-reaching government controls every aspect of their lives:
Are truly free if you pay extremely high taxes to the government?
Are you truly free if you are forced to foot someone else’s college bill?
Are you truly free if you are forced pay for others healthcare?
Are you truly free if your dreams are squandered by the government?
— Sixtytiger (@realsixtytiger) June 24, 2019
Are you truly free if you are forced to pay for someone else's university degree ?
— Diego Puertas (@dapf) June 24, 2019
Am I truly free with a mortgage on my home? Can I pursue my dreams with a car(s) to pay off? Will I ever know true happiness until all my debt it forgiven by the federal government?
— Casey Kerkstra (@CaseyKerkstra) June 24, 2019
What about people who made sacrifices to pay back their student loans? Should we expect a reimbursement check? The spirit of what your saying is great, but my spirit feels like it’s BULLSH%T for responsible people who pay their debts. pic.twitter.com/hMl8VwNYCn
— Sirrah Money Harris (@SirrahMoney) June 24, 2019
Are you truly free when the government forces you to pay for other people's things?
Are you free if you cannot pursue your own business because the gvt forces you to pay non-skilled workers $15/hr and risk losing your business?
— Pablo? (@11PMarruffo) June 24, 2019
Are you truly free if you have to pay everytime you buy a burger.
Are you truly free if you have to pay everytime you travel by plane.We will give you everything free because there is no freedom without economic freedom.
— Gaurav Tyagi (@TyagiGvtyagi22) June 24, 2019
Sanders, attempting to sweeten the deal, asked a question:
How much student debt do you have, and what would you be able to do if you didn't have it? #CancelStudentDebt
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 24, 2019
Here’s a great answer:
About $20k still, and I'd hope to rent your lake house for a weekend.
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) June 24, 2019
D’OH!
Bernie’s grand plan: Let’s have irresponsible government take the hard earned money from responsible people who work & pay their taxes & debts & redistribute that money to irresponsible people who can’t pay their debts.#StopSocialismForVotes#StopAmericaFromBecomingVenezuela
— TheRightWingM ?? (@TheRightWingM) June 24, 2019
Would that all fit on a “Sanders for President” bumper sticker?
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