Here is a vignette from the 2020 marketing campaign for president.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren had simply completed talking at an Iowa Democrat caucus in Marshalltown, a working-class metropolis of 27,500 alongside the Iowa River, in regards to the virtues of cancelling billions in pupil mortgage debt.
As she accomplished her remarks a neighborhood man approached and stated, “I just want to ask you one question.” Warren nodded.
“My daughter is getting out of school. I saved all my money just to pay student loans. Can I have my money back?”
“Of course not,” Warren curtly replied.
Iowa man: “You’re going to pay for people who didn’t save any money — and those of us that did the right thing are getting screwed.”
Warren: “No, you’re not getting screwed.”
Iowa man: “Of course we are. My buddy had fun, bought a car, went on vacation. I saved my money. He made more than I did. I worked a double shift working to get extra money. My daughter worked since she was 10. You’re laughing at me. That’s exactly what you are doing. We did the right thing, and we get screwed.”
Warren had no reply. But when Joe Biden introduced his plan to forgive billions in pupil mortgage debt, Warren referred to as it “a great day.”
Of course, the person was getting screwed — it doesn’t matter what Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Eddie Markey and the remainder of the Democrats say.
You play by the principles below Biden, and also you get punished. You break the principles, and you’re rewarded, whether or not you’re a effectively to do school graduate who owes borrowed cash, or an unlawful immigrant.
The pupil who borrowed cash promising to pay it again is rewarded with a $10,000 handout.
The unlawful immigrant who breaks the legislation will get free transportation to New York, a free lodge room, free medical care, free meals, a free telephone and free education for his kids.
Everything free in America — apart from the Americans who play by the principles. They simply pay. Democrats name it fairness.
If they have been actually involved about fairness — or equality — they might no less than require these receiving the $10,000 handout to offer some public service in return, like becoming a member of the army, or volunteering for group service. Anything.
If nothing else, Biden’s act is a message to future pupil mortgage candidates you can borrow as a lot as you need and never fear about paying it again. Uncle Joe will decide up the tab.
And so far as the person from Marshalltown is anxious — effectively, he’s screwed, massive time, as is everyone else who scraped and save to repay their school loans.
That will train you to play by the principles, sucker.
What is fascinating about all of it is that the people who find themselves turning the nation right into a handout haven are all millionaires who’ve been on the general public payroll, or the school payroll — which nowadays quantities to the identical factor — for years.
Joe Biden and Eddie Markey, as an illustration, have by no means needed to work for a dwelling however have been on the federal government payroll for 50 years every. Once elected to public workplace, they by no means left. And they don’t pay for something.
And Warren, who snaked her approach via the academy by falsely claiming to be a Native American, was paid $429,981 by Harvard for the 2010-2011 tutorial yr, as she disclosed when she ran for the Senate in 2012.
Ten thousand {dollars} is lower than unfastened change to those folks. They spent $1.9 trillion on Biden’s American Rescue Plan, one other $1.2 trillion for his infrastructure program, or now $500 billion in mortgage forgiveness.
Not solely is the Iowa man getting screwed for paying his pupil loans, however he can even be doubly screwed when he has to pay new taxes to pay for the scholar mortgage write-off of his neighbor.
Peter Lucas is a veteran Massachusetts political reporter and columnist.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”