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In reply to the discussion: AOC makes student loan payment during congressional hearing on loans [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)18. Because that is what has been proposed.
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AOC makes student loan payment during congressional hearing on loans [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Sep 2019
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My question to Representative Cortez is when she borrowed the money, didn't she realize that it was
still_one
Sep 2019
#1
colleges shouldn't cost so much to begin with? Who is going to pay the teachers, administrators,
still_one
Sep 2019
#7
She is doing it during a Congressional Hearing, what point do you think she was making?
still_one
Sep 2019
#4
Of course, and it is no secret she is an advocate for forgiveness of student loans
still_one
Sep 2019
#29
Her alternative would have been to go to one of the better colleges/universities in the country....
George II
Sep 2019
#30
First of all Ocasio-Cortez has made it clear she is for forgiveness of student loans, and supports
still_one
Sep 2019
#25
Yes, because fixing a problem that is a heinous problem shouldn't be done
Cuthbert Allgood
Sep 2019
#19
Her name is Ocasio-Cortez. Fossil would be her father's last name, Cortez her mother's.
tblue37
Sep 2019
#23
I told my daughter not to worry about her student loan because it will be forgiven after 2020 also
still_one
Sep 2019
#27
Student loans used to have 2.5 to 3 percent interest. Now they are at high interest rates.
LisaM
Sep 2019
#32
Current tuition for the City University of New York today is $6,900 per year for NYC residents....
George II
Sep 2019
#17
Her remaining $19,000 balance can be paid off in five weeks at $174,000 a year.
George II
Sep 2019
#13
I made a student loan payment while AOC was making a student loan payment...
Act_of_Reparation
Sep 2019
#33
Highschool kids in this country are oversold on the need of a college education to get decent job.
patphil
Sep 2019
#34
She can, and should, call for action on the issue and that's what she is doing.
Ohioboy
Sep 2019
#35
Yes, I wondered about that too. Congressional hearings are VERY important business....
George II
Sep 2019
#39
Right - you've got billionaires and millionaires sending their children to Harvard, Yale....
George II
Sep 2019
#45