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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWarren slams Sen. McConnell for favoring tax breaks for billionaires over student debt relief
The Hill @thehill 58mSen. Warren slams Sen. McConnell at the #MakeProgress event over student debt comments: http://j.mp/1qHijWw
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over student debt, accusing him of protecting tax breaks for billionaires instead of helping students seek higher education.
In an address to young adults at the Generation Progress national summit in Washington, Warren took aim at McConnells recent comments that students and parents should be more cost-conscious when looking at colleges.
"Mitch McConnell believes that when it comes to a choice between protecting tax loopholes for billionaires or reducing student loan interest rates, that he will work to protect every last dollar of every last tax loophole, said Warren.
And then he tells students to dream a little smaller, to do with less, and to give up a little sooner. His vision for America is that no one reaches higher than they can already afford," she added.
"Not everybody needs to go to Yale," McConnell had said.
"Is there anybody in here who has student loan debt who didn't go to Yale?" Warren asked Wednesday.
"Yeah, that looks like a lot of hands here," she continued.
read: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/212432-warren-hits-mcconnell-over-student-debt
watch Warren's speech beginning at the 18:30 mark:
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Warren slams Sen. McConnell for favoring tax breaks for billionaires over student debt relief (Original Post)
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Jul 2014
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MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)1. It would seem obvious that every Dem should be doing this nt
redqueen
(115,103 posts)2. I just love her style.
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TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)3. Thank you Liz, now will you get serious about running for president?