http://hotair.com/archives/2018/07/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-supporters-asked-will-pay-free-things/
Consider this a follow up to Ed's post from earlier today. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn't seem to know how she will pay for any of her Democratic Socialist policy priorities, which include free healthcare, free college, etc. Can her fans in the district where she is running do any better? You will absolutely be shocked by the answer!
No ... no, you won't be shocked at all. They're clueless libtards ... quite predictably, they have NO answer.
People on the street were quick to offer support for Ocasio-Cortez's brand of socialism, and overwhelmingly supported her vision for the district.
They were more hesitant, however, to offer ideas for how to pay for all of the free things that Ocasio-Cortez is promising.
"I don't know where the money would come from, but they can figure it out," one person stated confidently.
I've learned not to expect much from people in these man-on-the-street interviews. Still, I think this clip explains a lot of the youth support for Ocasio-Cortez. A lot of younger people just assume that someone will figure out where the money to pay for all of this should come from. Only one guy (pictured above) makes the connection, i.e. it'll have to come from us. He doesn't expound on that idea much but I will.
These stupefied twits simply expect someone will figure it out ... and that's okay with them ... as long as they don't have to pay anything for the free goodies they expect to receive. Such blatant imbecility should be rewarded with immediate sterilization.
It's not just the billionaires who will be tapped to pay for all of this. Why? Because there aren't enough billionaires to cover $20-30 trillion in new spending over ten years for a Medicare-for-All system. We tax income not wealth and even billionaires aren't earning billions a year. Even if we started taxing billionaires on their wealth, it wouldn't be enough.
Someone in this clip suggests raising taxes on corporations. That's at least a semi-coherent attempt to deal with costs, so partial credit for trying. But what happens when you sharply raise taxes on businesses? They can't print money in a back room to cover the sudden cash grab by the government. They might make up some of the difference by reducing costs (layoffs, off-shoring, cutting quality), but it's likely they will also be forced to raise prices. So who ends up paying? Again, we do. Maybe some of these folks would vote differently this November if they thought this through a bit more.
Truly pathetic wishful thinking on your part, here, John. These are libtards you are talking about ... like clo, OCU, zzshart, weco, etc. ... complete and utter morons who don't have the capacity to think ... they simply emote. And, when anyone does take pity on their lack of intellect long enough to explain the straightforward truth to them, they simply won't accept it - because reality isn't in agreement with their fantasies.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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