{"id":384172,"date":"2018-11-08T04:07:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T03:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/you-just-pay-for-it\/"},"modified":"2018-11-08T04:07:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T03:07:08","slug":"you-just-pay-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/you-just-pay-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You just pay for it!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanmirror.com\/ocasio-cortez-solution-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all-plan-you-just-pay-for-it\/\"><strong>American Mirror<\/strong><\/a><br \/>November 7, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to make mind-boggling comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ocasio-cortez-calls-question-about-how-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all-puzzling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Univision\u2019s Jorge Ramos, the socialist was asked how American taxpayers would pay for the multi-billion dollar \u201cMedicare for all\u201d plan that she and other far-left Democrats support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just\u2026 pay for it,\u201d she said with a weird pause.<\/p>\n<p>When Ramos pointed out that critics say the socialist program would be \u201cmore expensive\u201d than the current system, Ocasio-Cortez provided a rambling response that completely veered off topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople often say, like, how are you going to pay for it and I find the question so puzzling because \u2018How do you pay for something that\u2019s more affordable? How do you pay for cheaper rent?\u2019 You just pay for it,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re paying more now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Want to learn more about our fight for Medicare for All, student loan cancellation, embracing our immigrant communities &amp; more?<\/p>\n<p>Check out our stoop interview w\/ Jorge Ramos on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ThisIsAmerica<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BjZvWBFODb\">https:\/\/t.co\/BjZvWBFODb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ORV0DTxxWh\">pic.twitter.com\/ORV0DTxxWh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ocasio2018\/status\/1058494889430786048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span id=\"more-34601\"\/>According to a study from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the \u201cMedicare for all\u201d plan would increase government health care spending by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanmirror.com\/showdown-socialist-ocasio-cortez-to-debate-econ-prof-gop-rival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$32.6 trillion over 10 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not allowing facts and data to get in the way of her talking points, Ocasio-Cortez launched into another diatribe about handing out more free stuff to people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a modern, moral and wealthy society, no person should be too poor to live,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said. \u201cWe should treat healthcare, housing, and education as rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI believe we should guarantee a basic level of human dignity in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later in that same interview, Ocasio-Cortez said it\u2019s a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanmirror.com\/ocasio-cortez-trump-impeachment-a-no-brainer-not-beyond-the-pale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no-brainer<\/a>\u201d that President Donald Trump should be impeached.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, yeah. To&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/ocasio-cortez-struggles-with-funding-medicare-for-all-you-just-pay-for-it.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American MirrorNovember 7, 2018 New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to make mind-boggling comments. During an interview with Univision\u2019s Jorge Ramos, the socialist was asked how American taxpayers would pay for the multi-billion dollar \u201cMedicare for all\u201d plan that she and other far-left Democrats support. \u201cYou just\u2026 pay for it,\u201d she said with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-384172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}