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Ocasio-Cortez confirms she will pay interns 'at least' $15 an hour
The Hill ^ | 12/04/18 | Avery Anapol

Posted on 12/04/2018 8:21:25 PM PST by yesthatjallen

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Not maximum. At 'least'.

How does she expect to attract the best by offering to pay 'least'?

1 posted on 12/04/2018 8:21:25 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Now I AM impressed!


2 posted on 12/04/2018 8:23:23 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: yesthatjallen

That’s a “living wage”?


3 posted on 12/04/2018 8:23:43 PM PST by Spok
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I think they should demand $100 per hour.

It’s D.C.

Spread the wealth!!! Socialism!!!


4 posted on 12/04/2018 8:25:24 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: yesthatjallen

Where will the money come from?

Perhaps she will start learning some of the basics of real world economics, when she has a real payroll to meet.

Probably not though. Nor would she likely admit to it, if she did. She has had made her bed on the side of fantasy economics, and will likely have to lie in it.


5 posted on 12/04/2018 8:25:35 PM PST by BeauBo
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I thought that is U.S. taxpayer money?

How is she paying them through her salary?

I HIGHLY doubt that.


6 posted on 12/04/2018 8:26:03 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: yesthatjallen

That’s mighty white of her! :)


7 posted on 12/04/2018 8:27:00 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: yesthatjallen

If interns are will do do the job for free, then hire interns that will work for free.


8 posted on 12/04/2018 8:28:51 PM PST by Blue House Sue
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Give it time...
9 posted on 12/04/2018 8:29:07 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: dp0622

“That’s mighty white of her! :)”


VERY funny!

(Just logged on and your post was the first I saw.)

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10 posted on 12/04/2018 8:29:34 PM PST by Mears
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To: yesthatjallen

What actually happens with ‘unpaid’ Congressional interns is that they’re actually employed and paid by outside interest groups.

The lid blew off on that during Kavanaugh when one of Sheila Jackson Lee’s interns doxed Republican Senators.

http://tennesseestar.com/2018/10/07/democrat-staffer-jackson-cosko-arrested-for-doxxing-is-not-an-unpaid-intern/

Although I’m willing to bet that Ocasio-Cortez is actually oblivious to that when she made this announcement.


11 posted on 12/04/2018 8:30:56 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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she will pay her

Oh, really, she will pay? Out of her own pocket? How generous.
Such an inspiring beacon of labor rights. Allocating some of her taxpayer-funded budget to paying inexperienced, unnecessary workers. What a heroine.
12 posted on 12/04/2018 8:32:02 PM PST by irishjuggler (br>)
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To: yesthatjallen

How does she expect to attract the best by offering to pay ‘least’?


When’s the last time you expected the best to work for nothing?


13 posted on 12/04/2018 8:33:31 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Mears

“That’s mighty white of her!”

I watched an early 1930’s John Wayne movie on youtube the other day where characters in the flick said that exact same thing, twice.


14 posted on 12/04/2018 8:37:16 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: yesthatjallen

... paying the same as McDonald’s?


15 posted on 12/04/2018 8:37:38 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets ......)
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Good!

That will put all the crony Democrats ( and Republicans) in Congress to shame.


16 posted on 12/04/2018 8:38:17 PM PST by Toughluck_freeper
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The Hill is calling her “The Democrat rising star”...

WHAT THE CRAP HAS SHE DONE OTHER THAN WIN AN ELECTION BECAUSE HER OPPONENT WAS A LAZY-ASSED DEM PARTY HACK?

Talk about how the media “pimp’s” Democrat elected officials!

Now you know why most of the liberal media is thoroughly corrupt and in the anal area of the Democrats (they long ago got out of their pockets and aimed lower).


17 posted on 12/04/2018 8:38:30 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: yesthatjallen

At least $15 per hour means $15 minimum and maybe more.


18 posted on 12/04/2018 8:40:32 PM PST by plain talk
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19 posted on 12/04/2018 8:40:36 PM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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What are other Democrats going to do?

Start paying their unpaid interns?

This could tick off some Democrats who might not like having to expand their budget for interns.

20 posted on 12/04/2018 8:40:55 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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