AOC Says Her School Debt Will Not Be Included Among the 30 Million Americans Who Will Benefit from Debt Relief

COLBERT Today the White ░░░░░░░░ announced plans for a ░░░░░░░░ student debt relief program ░░░░░░░░ you personally worked on ░░░░░░░░ Ocasio Cortez Yes COLBERT ░░░░░░░░ me about it Ocasio ░░░░░░░░ So there are over ░░░░░░░░ million student loan borrowers ░░░░░░░░ the United States Today ░░░░░░░░ Biden just unveiled plan ░░░░░░░░ offer relief in some ░░░░░░░░ shape or form either ░░░░░░░░ or partial to 30 ░░░░░░░░ of them 30 million ░░░░░░░░ loan borrowers are going ░░░░░░░░ start seeing relief Cheering ░░░░░░░░ Applause COLBERT Just because ░░░░░░░░ know how recently this ░░░░░░░░ you are you one ░░░░░░░░ the people who will ░░░░░░░░ from this program Ocasio ░░░░░░░░ No I don t ░░░░░░░░ I will be Actually ░░░░░░░░ m going to be ░░░░░░░░ of the few that ░░░░░░░░ t I m a ░░░░░░░░ of Congress I m ░░░░░░░░ little bit outside the ░░░░░░░░ and bounds But if ░░░░░░░░ wasn t you know ░░░░░░░░ a few years ago ░░░░░░░░ me five years ago ░░░░░░░░ have benefited from it ░░░░░░░░ me will not but ░░░░░░░░ s okay I ll ░░░░░░░░ the knock if it ░░░░░░░░ that people can get ░░░░░░░░ You know this is ░░░░░░░░ People getting student loan ░░░░░░░░ their student loans canceled ░░░░░░░░ means that you know ░░░░░░░░ s hope to buy ░░░░░░░░ house or have a ░░░░░░░░ or travel abroad or ░░░░░░░░ even go back to ░░░░░░░░ and pursue a career ░░░░░░░░ maybe they otherwise wouldn ░░░░░░░░ have I mean one ░░░░░░░░ the reasons that s ░░░░░░░░ me now is because ░░░░░░░░ didn t feel like ░░░░░░░░ d be able to ░░░░░░░░ medical school And so ░░░░░░░░ someone else who is ░░░░░░░░ an ISEF competition somewhere ░░░░░░░░ be able to do ░░░░░░░░ because of this.”
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