GO FIGURE! Ocasio-Cortez Is Now All In Favor of Members of Congress Getting A Pay Raise
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is okay with members of Congress receiving a pay increase.
When a person works hard, they expect to be compensated accordingly. If you’re a capitalist, that sort of thing makes sense.
If you’re a noted Democrat Socialist, it does not.
It’s actually very hypocritical – especially coming from AOC, a person who wants to tax Americans into the dirt.
Check it out:
Ocasio Cortez says efforts to hike Congressional pay “may not be politically popular to say but honestly this is why there’s so much pressure to turn to lobbying firms and to cash in on member service after people leave because precisely of this issue.”
Ocasio Cortez says efforts to hike Congressional pay “may not be politically popular to say but honestly this is why there's so much pressure to turn to lobbying firms and to cash in on member service after people leave because precisely of this issue.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 11, 2019
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Any excuse. They'll take the raise and still take the lobbyist 💰
— Sheri Ramsey (@rsheri10) June 11, 2019
In the end they will get the pay increase and the lobbying firms will just up the ante. Nice multiplying affect.
— benitri (@benitri) June 11, 2019
In the end they will get the pay increase and the lobbying firms will just up the ante. Nice multiplying affect.
— benitri (@benitri) June 11, 2019
$174,000 for 138 days of “work” sounds more than fair.
— Douglas E. Fresh™ (@dstorbe) June 11, 2019
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— 🇺🇸 (@tonyapc42) June 11, 2019
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Even though most members of Congress are well-off financially before taking office, House Democrats are now proposing a pay increase.
Here’s the scoop…
From Politico:
House spending leaders want to break a decadelong pay freeze and give members of Congress a cost-of-living bump that could pad their salaries with an extra $4,500 next year.
Congressional salaries have been frozen at about $174,000 since 2009, when Democrats controlled Congress and decided to suspend automatic cost-of-living increases while heading into the 2010 election year.
Ocasio-Cortez didn’t seem happy or sad after learning that a billionaire is going to pay off student debt for the entire 2019 graduating class of Morehouse College.
But conservatives on Twitter let her know what she missed.
Here’s her tweet:
Every Morehouse Class of 2019 student is getting their student debt load paid off by their commencement speaker.
This could be the start of what’s known in Econ as a ‘natural experiment.’ Follow these students & compare their life choices w their peers over the next 10-15 years.
Every Morehouse Class of 2019 student is getting their student debt load paid off by their commencement speaker.
This could be the start of what’s known in Econ as a ‘natural experiment.’ Follow these students & compare their life choices w their peers over the next 10-15 years. https://t.co/UM1qTJOxHf
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 19, 2019
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This amazing act of kindness brought to you by a billionaire – and the capitalist system that made his billions possible.
This amazing act of kindness brought to you by a billionaire – and the capitalist system that made his billions possible. https://t.co/z6uKVQ3E0F
— Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) May 19, 2019
This is how it’s supposed to work – personal and or private charity. It is not the government’s job to pay off debt for college students.
Period the end. 🙂
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Good for the students but Robert F. Smith didn’t make his wealth in a #socialist society. He worked at Goldman Sachs, left and built Vista Equity Partners that is worth over $4 billion and manages an estimated $30 billion. That’s called #capitalism.
Good for the students but Robert F. Smith didn't make his wealth in a #socialist society. He worked at Goldman Sachs, left and built Vista Equity Partners that is worth over $4 billion and manages an estimated $30 billion. That's called #capitalism.
— David Webb (@davidwebbshow) May 19, 2019
Sure is nice that a billionaire could pay that as a gift to these students.
Glad no one called them all evil or anything.
Sure is nice that a billionaire could pay that as a gift to these students.
Glad no one called them all evil or anything. https://t.co/ByDeH4zY6M
— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) May 19, 2019
People can give things to each other voluntarily? Who knew?
People can give things to each other voluntarily? Who knew?
— John J (@JohnJtheSane) May 20, 2019
Yay for capitalism!
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H/T: Twitchy