Posted on 12/03/2018 5:51:54 PM PST by Kaslin
Democratic Socialist darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hasn't even been sworn into office yet and she's already shaking things up in Washington, D.C. Scratch that. She hasn't even been sworn in as a Congresswoman yet and she's already making demands of her fellow legislators...before meeting and working with them.
First, she complained that she couldn't find adequate housing that she could afford. Then, she complained about health insurance as a means of advocating for Medicare For All. And who could forget her crazy comparisons between the Central American caravan and the Holocaust? Or that she didn't know what the three branches of government are?
Now, she's telling her colleagues that they need to pay staffers a living wage:
This week I went to dive spot in DC for some late night food. I chatted up the staff.
SEVERAL bartenders, managers, & servers *currently worked in Senate + House offices.*
This is a disgrace. Congress of ALL places should raise MRAs so we can pay staff an actual DC living wage.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 3, 2018
It is unjust for Congress to budget a living wage for ourselves, yet rely on unpaid interns & underpaid overworked staff just bc Republicans want to make a statement about “fiscal responsibility.”
If that’s the case, they can cut down on staff to pay them well. Or raise the MRA.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 3, 2018
Here's the thing about internships:
Not all of them pay...
My last semester of college, I interned for the American Conservative Union and guess what? I wasn't paid monetarily. I was paid with experience. It was a trade off. I was given opportunities that seriously helped my career. Building contacts and relationships with other people was what I was paid with. That also meant that I had to live off of savings and a few hundred dollars that my parents sent me each money. It was one of the best decisions I ever made for myself. If nothing else, I learned what it was like to work and live on Capitol Hill.
...Unless you're on the Hill.
When I interned at the ACU, I lived in an all girls boarding house. Most of the girls who lived there were in D.C. for a short time. Most were interns, some were staff assistants (the lowest staffers). I was one of the only unpaid interns. Pretty much every intern who worked on Capitol Hill or for a government agency was paid.
People (generally) go into politics for the right reasons.
Most people who work in politics start out as activists who want to make a difference. They somehow turn their activism into a paying job. And anyone who volunteers or works in politics knows one thing: you don't do it for the money. You do it because you care about the future of the nation.
A "living wage" will vary person-to-person.
Where we come from, how we budget our money and what we deem as "necessities" all play a role in what we think we need to earn from a job. This has to do with how we're raised and really, our views on the role government should pay.
The two question I have for Ocasio-Cortez: if you're so concerned about paying staff a living wage, why not shrink your staff size and pay each one of them more? And how much will you be paying your interns?
‘I don’t have enough money to pay rent or buy health insurance but I’m entitled to eat out’.
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YT is full of videos on how to cook a boiled egg.
Saw a headline earlier that millennials don’t even own can openers (did not read article). Evidently, in their world, all food comes from restaurants, except ramen. I think they only use microwaves. I suppose all rent includes utilities? It didn’t when I rented, but that was over 50 years ago.
I wear a lot of good ready-to-wear labels....all of them purchased at thrift stores for under $5, some for under $2.
She doesn’t even know how privileged she is.
I imagine she will get a visit from the heavy hitters in the Dems. It will be intetested to see her reactions as she seems to be one of those who considers herself “woke” so I can imagine her feeling self righteous enough to expose any pressure she might be put under. It would be great for a laugh
MRA?
ok wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilbur, a horse is a horse of coarse of coarse
Apparently she found someone dumb enough to take her IOU for rent and deposit.
She’s going to be fun to watch. She’s truly one of the most intellectually vacant critters to grace the halls. The guy that said Guam would sink was only a rung below her.
“That creature could eat an apple thru a chain link fence.”
I don’t agree with those who say she’s ugly as a horse or other insults but that’s funny!
Yup, but that seat is hers for life and she is young.
anyone running as a democrat would win that seat. Even Stalin..
It’d be funny to see NY democrats redistrict her out of a sea, try to primary her out of it or a hillary like planned suicide is the only way they will be rid of her.
I demand she speak up...front and center. What a great spokes loser for lunatic LIBs.
That's actually possible, she's the most junior congresscritter in New York and the state will probably be losing more seats in Congress following the 2020 Census.
Might take some time for it to kick in though, if she gets 5 years in Congress she gets that pension and benefits for life.
Oh, I don't buy that. I've been told that law schools have many would-be-future politicians there--that is their career goal.
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That photo should come with a trigger warning. As in trigger the horse.
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Occasionally coherent.
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Good luck girlfriend
Oh right
Mr 1%
Mr groper
Dumbest man in the senate
I think sooner or later someone is going to have to take this lady down a peg, maybe even a Democrat...
“Look how many people here scorn Biden, who would have beaten Trump easily”
Yeah just like Hillary...err no wait!
She’s a Dear Diary Democrat. She will report every tiny detail of her unimportant life as though it’s breaking news.
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