AOC Hits Back After Betsy DeVos Warns ‘Free College’ Push Is Socialist Takeover of Higher Education’

She continued: “The campaign for ‘free college’ is a matter of total government control. Make no mistake: it is a socialist takeover of higher education. Now, depending on your personal politics, some of you might not find that notion as scary as I do. But mark my words: none of you would like the way it will work.”

She added that college counselors could turn into essentially “rationers” of “state-approved higher-education options.” Students, DeVos warned, might not be eligible to attend certain schools or degree programs. DeVos also said that there may be cases in which a “quota for ‘free college’ students is full” and counselors are forced to tell students “that they now have to pay full price.”

“Ultimately, nothing is ‘free.’ Somebody, somewhere pays the bill,” she said. “And the bill is coming due. What we do next in education policy—and in public policy writ large—will either break our already fragile economy, or it will unleash an age of achievement and prosperity the likes of which we’ve never seen.”

Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., reacted on Twitter to DeVos’ remarks, mocking the education secretary’s comments.

“Tuition-free public college is a dangerous socialist takeover of higher ed, as opposed to the far superior capitalist takeover of higher ed, which reliably buries millions of Americans in trillions of dollars in debt & graduates them into low paying jobs without good healthcare,” the “Squad” congresswoman wrote.

Biden’s campaign website advocates several reforms related to higher-education. These include eliminating tuition for all students attending public colleges and universities whose families have a household income of less than $125,000, improved student loan forgiveness for public servants, significantly cutting student loan payments to 5% of discretionary income over $25,000, and zero for those making less than $25,000.

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