Richard Wolff reveals what the GOP leaders like Mitch McConnell really mean when they fight against student debt forgiveness by calling it socialism or a giveaway to the rich.
"The students are demanding forgiveness at least of their debt and that opens the box of the possibility of an anti-debt movement that has the capitalists of this country shaking in their high-priced boots. And Mr. [Mitch] McConnell is there to do the job." - Richard Wolff
This is a clip from S12 E20 of Economic Update: War and the Left
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