patrickt
05-12-2014, 07:57 AM
"Your fans say you're a populist, but your critics say you're basically a socialist," said host Bob Schieffer.
"I just don't know where they get that," Warren replied. "You know, look at the issues. I mean really, let's take a look at minimum wage -- I just believe nobody should work full time and live in poverty. And you know what? Most of America agrees. Student loans: I don't think the U.S. government should be making tens of billions of dollars in profits off the backs of our students, which is what the current student loan system is doing. And I think most Americans agree with me on that."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/11/elizabeth-warren-socialist_n_5305537.html
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"Just days after proposing a massive bailout of indebted students that would subsidize their college loans and forgive some of their financial obligations, far-left Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said she has no idea why people think she is a socialist.Her bill, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, would lower (http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/BankOnStudentsRefinancingBillText.pdf)the amount of money that students are obligated to repay to the federal government. If enacted, the bill would deprive the federal government of billions of dollars in interest payments owed to its shareholders: the American taxpayers."
http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/11/liz-warren-is-confused-why-do-they-think-im-a-socialist/#ixzz31VQwNBsV
Poor, Senator Warren. She just can't imagine why people think she's a socialist and don't think she's a native American.
"I just don't know where they get that," Warren replied. "You know, look at the issues. I mean really, let's take a look at minimum wage -- I just believe nobody should work full time and live in poverty. And you know what? Most of America agrees. Student loans: I don't think the U.S. government should be making tens of billions of dollars in profits off the backs of our students, which is what the current student loan system is doing. And I think most Americans agree with me on that."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/11/elizabeth-warren-socialist_n_5305537.html
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"Just days after proposing a massive bailout of indebted students that would subsidize their college loans and forgive some of their financial obligations, far-left Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said she has no idea why people think she is a socialist.Her bill, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, would lower (http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/BankOnStudentsRefinancingBillText.pdf)the amount of money that students are obligated to repay to the federal government. If enacted, the bill would deprive the federal government of billions of dollars in interest payments owed to its shareholders: the American taxpayers."
http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/11/liz-warren-is-confused-why-do-they-think-im-a-socialist/#ixzz31VQwNBsV
Poor, Senator Warren. She just can't imagine why people think she's a socialist and don't think she's a native American.