Oh, Keely. Sweet, sweet Keely. You just didn’t see that one coming, did you? You thought you’d go on Fox News, flex your gray matter, and prove to the world that students around the country deserve every penny the 1% in this greedy nation have in their bank accounts. You were prepared, your parents were watching, and your friends had given you the “you go girl” speech, probably between tokes. You thought you had this, but then Neil had to go and take you to church, didn’t he, Keely?
It will be okay, someday we’ll all forget who you are. Maybe.
Keely Mullen is a national organizer for the Million Student March, which provided us with plenty of mock worthy material all by itself; That said, thank you, Keely, from the bottom of my heart for your addition.
College students across the country rallied Thursday to protest student debt at the Million Student March, rallying around the hashtags #MillionStudentMarch and #FightFor15. According to the organizers, the planning began months before marches and some 115 colleges were expected to participate.
Among their demands: cancellation of all student debt, tuition-free public college and a $15 minimum wage for campus workers.
Keely joined Neil Cavuto on his show for what I’m sure she believed would be a breakout moment in her advocacy aspirations. A modern day Joan of Arc, sans the minor detail about being a beloved heroine commanded by God to fight… and pretty much every other aspect of the tale. However, I’m pretty sure this interview could be described as ending in fiery martyrdom, so there’s that.
When asked who would pick up the tab for the demands she listed, Mullen said, “The 1 percent of people who are hoarding the wealth and causing a catastrophe students are facing.”
“If the 1 percent just had their taxes raised a few years ago back to almost 40 percent then to pay for the healthcare law, they had them raised another few percentage points, then they had their deductions limited to raise another couple points — depending on the state or locality — they’re pushing over about 50 percent in taxes,” Cavuto told Mullen. “How much more do you think they should pay?”
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