Yes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s plans are about giving away ‘free stuff’

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Socialist upstart Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to give a whole lot of people a whole lot of things for free. But don’t you dare call her plans “free stuff.”

The Washington Examiner reported last week that the New York Democrat blasted critics at an event, decrying those who criticize her plans as handouts. “These are public goods,” she said. “They’re public goods. I don’t want to hear the term ‘free stuff’ ever again. I am already hearing from some of these neoliberal folks who are trying to flip the script on us.”

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