Would appear Gavin McInnes got under Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s skin by pointing out a very simple point about socialists, that being none of them have any original ideas.
Side note: This was such a cowardly move to screenshot his tweet in order to ‘debate’ him.
It’s almost as if… my platform advances policies… that are already proven to work! ?
– Social Security (lift the cap)
– Medicare (for all)
– Tuition-Free K-12 schools (& higher ed)
– Federally mandated minimum wage ($15)They aren’t all my ideas.
But they ARE good ideas! pic.twitter.com/2tOLgCkj34— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 8, 2018
So her comeback to McInnes pointing out that socialists don’t have any of their own ideas was to prove how unoriginal she and her platform really are.
Alrighty then.
Even her supporters are trying to bring her back to reality though:
You need to add how you would pay for those programs or they gonna use the cost against u
— Black Ind Party?? (@BlkIndParty) July 8, 2018
Free stuff always appeals to people who don’t understand that NOTHING is free and that ultimately someone, somewhere is paying for it. And we know, the Left and particularly socialists, have painted people who earn a living as villains in this country, but it’s just not so. The people who get hit the hardest are in the middle, the ones who make too much to benefit from forced govt. charity and not enough to work the progressive tax system.
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But we digress.
No,they really aren't
SS is a welfare program. (Helvering, Fleming, Alton decisions from SCOTUS)
Medicare is a disaster
We have those tuition free schools. Most of them are horrible
For someone with an Econ degree, you don't understand the wage scale at all.— Chris McAllister ❌ (@themanfronUNCLE) July 8, 2018
She doesn’t seem to understand basic economics at all.
They've proven the opposite.
SS & medicare are constantly in threat of insolvency, & are filled with fraud.Tuition free is never free. Public schools below 12th grade are a mess. Increasing that won't improve higher education.
Mandates on wages only creates more automation.
— Paul A Marketos (@PaulAMarketos) July 8, 2018
Wage mandates fuel unemployment.
Must be nice to demand stuff someone else is gonna pay for…
— Harry Gato (@harrygato) July 8, 2018
Yup.
https://twitter.com/socratictimes/status/1016066443505520640
In other words… pic.twitter.com/WrBgo5CPp2
— Trump'sConscience (@c3t1p99) July 8, 2018
Social security definitely isn't working. That trough is about to dry up
— Ken Webster Jr (@KenWebsterJrSho) July 9, 2018
Our entire welfare system is in desperate need of an overhaul and some serious spending cuts. But you know, that makes us all racists and bigots for accepting the reality that our money only goes so far.
Where are these policies proven to work? Could you cite something? All of these policies are incredibly destructive.
— Steven Kolln (@____stee) July 8, 2018
Venezuela.
Wait.
Never mind.
You can have all of these, if I can have a guaranteed opt out option for all of these.
— Chris Rogerson (@chris_rogerson_) July 8, 2018
Now, this sounds like a compromise.
I want to opt out of your retirement plan, your healthcare plan, your failed education system, and your collective bargaining.
If citizens are extorted to partake by force, is it really that good of an idea?
— Chris Rogerson (@chris_rogerson_) July 8, 2018
Socialism with policies so awesome they have to force people to use them.
Ugh, socialism sucks so bad. Sorry, not sorry.
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