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OCASIO-CORTEZ: “So first off, this is not free stuff. Second of all, these are public goods. They're public goods. So I never want to hear the word or the term 'free stuff' ever again.
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I'm already hearing some of these neoliberal folks who are trying to, like, flip the script on us and say, oh, when we talk public — tuition for public college or we talk about public housing, they say, 'Oh, I don't want to pay for a millionaire's kid to go to college.' That's their, like, jujitsu on this [inaudible]. Let me tell you something. Is that I believe that all people should go to a public library, everyone can drive on our roads, everyone can be able to send their kids to a public school, and every person who needs it should have access to public housing that looks like this."