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AOC is going to be the best test of our politicians and their true goals that we've ever seen. A supposed broke bartender, that couldn't afford an apartment who gets elected. A net worth of buptkus. Any bets on what her net worth will be after her first term on a 170,000 per year salary? If I was a betting person, I'll bet that she'll be worth millions herself in no time having suckered everylast person who believes she "cares". All on the backs of the poor. Maybe she isn't as dumb as I thought. She'll have suckered the money out of the suckers and BE one of those she purposes to hate.......
Why are you so cynical? My guess is that like most normal people 170,000 a year is going to be more money than she will ever need and she will spend her time in Congress working on behalf of the 95 percent of Americans who make less than that.
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Why are you so upset that a regular working stiff who isnt beholden to the ruling class got elected to Congress? I dont see whats so great about having only milllionaires and billionaires and their children as our representatives. Thats not proper representation. People are struggling in America right now. The working class hasnt seen a pay raise in 40 years. Suicides, alcoholism and overdoses are skyrocketing, especially among rural folks and working stiffs. I think its a good thing that we have more people in Congress highlighting the plight of ordinary people and not just crying for the rich and powerful and serving the elites who got them elected.
I'm not upset one way or another....What I am finding humorous is that she is going to become the very rich ilk that she purposes to hate. She'll be bought and paid for, jetting around on taxpayer dollars all the while screaming "tax the rich." And folks like you will still be crying that life ain't fair so tax others more.
I'm not upset one way or another....What I am finding humorous is that she is going to become the very rich ilk that she purposes to hate. She'll be bought and paid for, jetting around on taxpayer dollars all the while screaming "tax the rich." And folks like you will still be crying that life ain't fair so tax others more.
Do you have any proof that she is doing that? She could easily take big pharma and big oil money right now and live the great life and work on their behalf at the expense of the working class like 99% of Congress does. It seems you are clearly upset that she is not doing that and want her to be like the rest of the corrupt puppets people send to Congress. Which members of Congress have you voted for and who are their major donors?
Why are you so upset that a regular working stiff who isnt beholden to the ruling class got elected to Congress? I dont see whats so great about having only milllionaires and billionaires and their children as our representatives. Thats not proper representation. People are struggling in America right now. The working class hasnt seen a pay raise in 40 years. Suicides, alcoholism and overdoses are skyrocketing, especially among rural folks and working stiffs. I think its a good thing that we have more people in Congress highlighting the plight of ordinary people and not just crying for the rich and powerful and serving the elites who got them elected.
Actually blue collar wages have been rising and I’m quoting a Breitbart article below to make a point because this is the type of story based on actual data that the mainstream media ignores , because it does not fit the agenda .
The drug epidemic , suicides and alcoholism are serious and terrible issues I agree . But , they don’t exist due to billionaires or because we are a capitalist society .
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“Average pay grew 3.0 percent in the 12 months up to December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, employees in the broad “management, professional, and related” category gained only 2.5 percent.
But there was a 4.2 percent rise in wages for “sales and related” employees, a 3.7 percent rise for “production, transportation, and material moving” workers, a 3.4 percent rise for “trade, transportation, and utilities” workers, and a 4.1 gain for “leisure and hospitality” workers.
“So wages for Trump’s blue-collar base are rising amid Trump’s combination of a fast-growing economy and a tight labor market.
But salaries for American college graduates have been flat for many years, partly because business groups have been allowed to import an army of roughly 1.5 million low-wage college-graduate visa workers.
She is one of a tiny number of people in Congress who are not beholden to special interests and big money donors, so she is a loose cannon, not controlled and the ruling class obviously cant stand this disobedience. The question is whether she will eventually be replaced by another corrupt puppet who laugh in the face of the working class or whether AOC can build a movement around labor and workers finally standing up and fighting back.
She was elected because she promised “free” stuff. What will happen to her when she doesn’t deliver?
She has had this position for many years and in the meantime, the ruling donor class has just gotten more powerful at the expense of hard working, everyday Americans. The Supreme court is getting ever more packed with corporate judges who are mere lackeys of the billionaire class.
Why be so meek and submissive when facing the ruling donor class? You're afraid the country will be destroyed if we stop treating the billionaire class as modern day all-powerful kings and queens and instead bring power and influence back into the hands of regular, hard working American families?
The ruling donor class dont need your support, yet you voluntarily give it to them, even though they show utter contempt for the interests of the working class of this country. They kick the working class in the gut everyday, so why not stand up for yourself and fight back?
My comments sailed so far over your head that I'm not going to waste the time it would take to attempt to bring you up to speed.
I'm referring to the direct threat she (and you) pose to the freedom and fundamental life quality of all Americans, most of all the working class.
You think aligning yourself with a clueless child is standing up for yourself? It's a lot more like suicide by vote. Pathetic.
If you could fast forward 50 years into her world, you might start to understand what tough times really look like and what groveling really is.
I made the point earlier that she's been in office a month and, of course, he had no answer.
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