“I don’t hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to billionaires,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.“I don’t hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to billionaires,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday lamented conservative criticism of President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt forgiveness.
“I know it is shocking, George, to some Republicans that the government actually, on occasion, do something to benefit working families and low-income people,” Sanders said to host George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.” “I don’t hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to billionaires.”
Asked whether the debt relief was fair to people who had paid off loans or who didn’t go to college, Sanders acknowledged that “in a sense, that criticism is correct.
