For_The_U
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I don't know why the **** we're talking politics on a Canes site, but when in Rome...And yet, Joe Crawley, who looks nothing like his district was able to attain electoral mastery and defeat opponents that look, act, and talk exactly like AOC and check the same box as her on the census to use your term for over 2 decades. I mean, she's gotta be like the 10th Puerto Rican to run against the guy, and none of them even got within 20 points of the guy, and she bets him her first time out. Don't have to like her. Hate her guts even. But what she did was remarkable.
Ocasio-Cortez won election because she pandered to those voters by promising them a bunch of free stuff she had absolutely no idea how she'd pay for. Free college! Free health care! Higher wages! Lower rent! It was like an Oprah TV show where everyone gets a car. Of course that lead to her getting a ton of votes. However, the estimated cost of all she promised was 40 TRILLION dollars. Yes, with a "T". When she was asked how she would pay for that all, this was literally her reply:
"People often say, like, how are you going to pay for it and I find the question so puzzling because ‘How do you pay for something that’s more affordable? How do you pay for cheaper rent?’ You just pay for it,” she said. “We’re paying more now.”
Just chew on that for a minute. She literally answered the question from the lens of how would the people getting free stuff pay less for their free stuff. Hence, why she found it so puzzling. "How will they pay for cheaper rent? You just pay for it! We're already paying more now". Good lord. Uhhh, no, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, we mean where will the $40 trillion come from so that those people get all that free stuff? Because, well, you know, nothing is actually "free".
Anyone can stir up support by promising people a bunch of free stuff. Of course, little (see: none) of that will she actually be able to deliver to her constituents now that she is in office. Because it was all pipe dreams, BS fluff she said to stir up support and votes for her. So, forgive me if I don't find that "remarkable".