At the end of the week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez certainly put her cards all out on the table. She proved that her college education was pretty much worthless. You see, she has a degree in economics and international relations. She proved again that she has no concept of economics and no concept of relations. Let me explain.
The first part was in a news story that released on Friday at Fox News. AOC has irritated her fellow Democrats by not participating in paying her “dues.” Those dues are to be part of the team and show a unity to fellow Democrats. You know, those Democrats that have defended her against the attacks. But she has no interested in participating. That has irritated some Democrats because she has raised more money than anyone else in the House.
Last quarter @aoc raised more than any Dem in the House. No call time, no wine caves. Average donation of $15.
She and @BernieSanders are proving that grassroots donors can beat corporate money, lobbyists and special interests. Help make waves –> https://t.co/XaVEKnXiMY pic.twitter.com/aWBjEFG2Tc
— corbintrent (@corbintrent) January 1, 2020
This goes further than her failure to just simply pay her dues. Ocasio-Cortez has no desire to be a Democrat. She is not interested in being part of the party. The only interest she has is in control. She sees the socialist option to takeover and she is most interested in that level of control. AOC defended her refusal to pay these dues. She said that she gives “strategically.” In other words, if you aren’t a socialist, she has no desire to help.
I’m also not the only one.
Expanding a House majority is critical, which is why I regularly (and happily) fundraise sizeable amounts for fellow members.
I also believe that a Dem majority should be transformative, which is why I give strategically. Seems fair, no?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 10, 2020
How can you expect to have any form of relations if you are unable to get along with people at home. Especially people that defend you and protect you. She basically said to the Democrats, “screw you, I’m doing my own thing.” This really isn’t surprising though, that’s been her motto the entire time.
Then we come to her lack of understanding in economics. She put out a tweet on Friday talking about money and it involves several economic proposals from the radial left. Let’s call it the “free buffet” since everything on it is all you want for free. It seems she is lost in the idea of free, not understanding the great cost of free.
The people who tell you we DO have war money but DON’T have healthcare money, tuition-free money, infrastructure money, or Green New Deal money are playing games with you.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 10, 2020
She complains about the money for free healthcare, tuition and her green new deal. But she fails to understand is that common defense is one of the reasons for our federal government. The federal government was not established to provide free healthcare, free education, free housing or any of the other free projects she wants.
But she also fails to discuss the actual costs of these things. We’ve brought up that we cannot afford these programs in the past. In 2018, we spent roughly $650 billion on defense. Medicare for all, well that would cost over $3 trillion per year. Student debt cancellation and free tuition, well that cost starts at $1.6 trillion not considering long term costs.
Ocasio-Cortez does not understand the role of the federal government at all, but that’s nothing new. The defense budget to protect us is one of the core roles of the government. Taking away your problems and responsibilities is not, but that is not important to her. Again, it’s all about control.
While leftists and socialists all over the world celebrate her as a star, Ocasio-Cortez has proven that she is not a team player. She is a selfish, leftist brat who is only concerned with power. She’s educated to be knowledgeable in economics and relations, yet she cannot get along with her team in DC. As I’ve said, it’s not about America or the team. In AOC’s world, it’s all about her.
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