GOP senator blames students who need loans to pay for school

[turbinetree]

By
Emily Singer -
April 26, 2019

Rather than propose solutions to the student debt crisis, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) cast aspersions on students who struggle with debt.

A student loan crisis is plaguing the country, with economists warning that the ballooning debt students now carry is dragging down the U.S. economy.

But rather than propose solutions, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) chastised students who struggle with debt for daring to take out enough loan money to put a roof over their head while they are in school.

In video footage captured by American Bridge, Ernst claimed that the real cause of the student debt crisis isn't the skyrocketing cost of higher education. Instead, she said, the problem is students who supposedly borrow more money than they really need.

"What I see is a lot of young people are borrowing more than what they need for their education," Ernst says. "And I'll give an example of when I was going to school at Iowa State, a friend of mine — and we used to receive checks in the mail back then for student loans — and when he received his student loan check he said, 'Oh great Joni, look I got my student loan check in the mail, now I can go pay my girlfriend's rent.' OK that's not what the student loan is for, so making sure those students know, don't borrow more than what that education will cost, and use it for your education, for those books if you need a way of living in the meantime certainly, but don't borrow more than you have to."

https://shareblue.com/senator-joni-ernst-blames-students-need-loans-pay-for-school/


All she is is a mouth piece for the Koch's and there libertarian BS....................

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. What rubbish, Joni.....

Poorer kids do not deserve a hand up it seems, according to Joni Ernst.

Defeat her in 2020. This will be used against her and should be hammered home to those communities in Iowa who aren't rich enough to a rite those checks for college.

[dalton99a]

2. They're supposed to use dividends from their trust funds

[panader0]

9. My daughter, when she was quite young, used that

line on me when I once told her we couldn't go to the carnival
because I was broke.
"Why don't you go to the bank and buy more money?"

[Vogon_Glory]

3. And a widdle question for Iowans in their twenties struggling with student debt

Did you vote back in 2014 or did you just not bother? That’s part of the reason she got elected; you didn’t lift a finger to stop her back then.

Well, this time you can either vote for the candidate most likely to beat her or give her another free pass. The choice is yours.

[Mariana]

7. Yes, it's very important for young people to vote

because old people are much more likely to vote Republican.

[Stuart G]

20. We cannot let Ernst forget this. We must use it over and over against her.

We have done this before to get our side elected. We must do everything we can legally do to get that senate seat into the Democratic column. This really is a stupid statement.

[Demit]

4. Very important stat in your link--one our candidates had better heed, as well!

"The number of voters ages 18 to 29 who cast ballots in the 2018 midterms skyrocketed by 79 percent compared to the 2014 midterms, according to the Census data. These are the very voters currently struggling with student debt burdens."

[dalton99a]

5. +1. Youth voters played a significant role in the 2018 midterm election

Just 8.2 percent of Texas youth turned out to vote in 2014, but young people tripled their turnout rate to 25.8 percent in 2018. In Texas’ U.S. Senate race, Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O’Rourke nearly upset Republican incumbent Senator Ted Cruz, in part due to extensive youth support at the polls. According to an earlier CIRCLE post-election analysis, O’Rourke earned his greatest support in counties with high proportions of young people, especially Latino youth.

[Freethinker65]

6. Ah yes. Direct from the legendary Cadillac driving welfare queen Reagan playbook

Cool anecdotal story Joni!

[gratuitous]

10. It's how student loans became a political hot potato back in the 1970s

I saw an article some months ago about how student loans became controversial in the 1970s. One member of Congress told a story about a young man who bragged that he would just discharge his loans in bankruptcy, and that meanwhile, he was enrolled in college but spending his time surfing. Based on this one apocryphal story, Congress decided it had to get tough with folks who get student loans. Interest rates went up and the loans became non-dischargeable, and the program didn't work so good anymore for students, but worked really well for loan outfits.

[Celerity]

15. 'Interest rates went up and the loans became non-dischargeable'

Thanks Joe for helping ram that shitty 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (love the irony in that name, ffs) through to passage!

[Drahthaardogs]

8. Joni, your friend is obviously an idiot. My Papa used to say

"Show me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are"!

[smirkymonkey]

11. What an ignorant bitch.

She, like most republicans, have no idea how most real people struggle to get by. They use one anecdote to smear an entire group of people and that is what they base their politics upon. Vote her out!

[yellowcanine]

12. Ah no that language is not cool.

Using the b word to refer to a woman is inappropriate.

[smirkymonkey]

17. I know, I'm sorry.

I just couldn't come up with a better word on the spot.

[Skittles]

14. it's the welfare-lady-in-a-cadillac syndrome

they love to spout anecdotes to help justify their disdain for anyone not born wealthy

[Initech]

13. More compassionate conservativeism at work.

[sakabatou]

16. Earnst needs to be ousted

[Efilroft Sul]

18. Ernst's family received hundreds of thousands in federal farm subsidies.

https://crooksandliars.com/2015/01/joni-ernsts-family-got-hundreds-thousands

She can take that finger pointing the blame at students and shove it deep up her ass.

[Stuart G]

19. This person is up for re-election in 2020. Never forget this statement.

Use it, over and over...destroy this idiot. Save this mean statement, she needs to pay for this !!!