AOCs student loan debt: Letters to the Editor Aug. 26, 2026

The Issue: Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not paying her student loans, despite her $173,000 salary.Betsy McCaughey points out the outrageous fiscal prudence of likely ’28 Dem candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“A Deadbeat Prez? AOC’s Loan Mess,” Aug.

19).The cardinal rule for a candidate is to lead by example.In her case, it’s lead by defiance.

This entitled individual believes she doesn’t live by the same rules as everyone else.The responsible citizen would prioritize paying back the loans and encourage others to do the same — not TikToking about her costly fertility treatments.Ronald FrankWest Orange, NJWhy doesn’t our government automatically garnish the salary of any federal employees who do not pay their federal student loans?Fred WilkowskiValley StreamMcCaughey was right on the mark in her exposé of AOC.She won’t pay her loans back because she feels that “We the People” should pay the debt for her.Sad to say, the problem goes beyond that.

Loans were designed to help students pay college expenses.The exact opposite has happened and the thieves who run our colleges saw the program as a method by which they could charge exorbitant prices to young people who may never repay their debt.Also, many of the courses these young people have pursued are of little value in the job market, thus compounding the problem.Andrew MacDonaldFanwood, NJWhile The Post reported that 2011 Boston University grad AOC still owes between $15,000 and $19,000 in student loans, unmentioned is the fact that our social media maven is actually a double deadbeat.

  In 2012, AOC founded Brook Avenue Press.It proved a miserable failure; a decade later, the tax warrant for $1,600 issued against her defunct startup remained open and unpaid, including additional fines.It seems AOC’s just another DSA “leader” who’s unwilling to pay her own way.Jim SovieroE.

SetauketAt least AOC is consistent with her principles by refusing to pay her federal student loans, si...