Posted on 06/17/2021 1:40:08 AM PDT by Libloather
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has appointed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a newly created committee targeting economic disparity, in an apparent olive branch following tensions between the caucus leader and the 'Squad' of progressive Democrats.
Pelosi unveiled the new Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth at a press conference in DC on Wednesday, saying it will study ways to reduce economic disparity.
The speaker said Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, will focus on 'addressing generational disparities and increasing worker power in the economy.'
Ocasio-Cortez will join seven other Democrats on the panel, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, the Progressive Caucus chair, whose focus will be 'delivering workers better wages and a brighter future.'
Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut will chair the committee, with Pelosi saying in a Dear Colleagues letter that he brings 'extensive professional experience from the private sector and in affordable housing.'
At the press conference, Ocasio-Cortez spoke out on the subject of inflation, saying that the Federal Reserve should revisit its assumptions about the relationship between inflation and unemployment.
The Fed manages inflation by raising interest rates, and tries to reduce unemployment by lowering rates.
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Drinking will be on the rise. Gonna need more bartenders.
AOC will officially creating dispair?
Free money free money now!! People should only work if they want to!
By the way, check out this comment. I was asking liberals on Twitter about LeBron James how he is making millions from China...
Did you know the United States was around in 1492? Neither did I! Every day I learn something new!
https://mobile.twitter.com/Moonchildred1/status/1405336599802515456
Garbage disposal despair.
Didn’t the NYSlimes cover Columbus’ initial, Hispanic funded vacay voyage to the Caribbean?
I had to check to see if this was the Bee.
Sadly, it’s not.
God’s judgment is truly on this nation.
I concur.
buckle up
The only reason for economic disparity is human disparity.
Inequality of income is the result of inequality
When will she start writing checks?
Pelosi and AOC are prone to write checks with no balance
“it will study ways to reduce economic disparity.”
Let me guess. The proposed solution will be tax and spend.
This is what companies do with people they can’t fire and want out of the way.
Define “Equity” in a way that doesn’t mean exactly:
“Take from Group A and give to Group B.”
Here we go again with it's all the Boomer Grandparents fault that they can't afford to buy the same stuff. For the sake of equity let's take all the Boomers property and distribute it to those poor young children and Grandchildren. The old fools have no use for stuff anymore.
I had to check the source. Not the Babylon Bee.
If somehow, the playing field were leveled and everyone given the exact same amount of money and resources, in a year, some would be destitute and some would be rich.
It’s not the lack of resources. It’s human nature.
Some people are responsible and some are not.
It doesn’t occur to some that what our grandparents or parents had, they earned.
They certainly didn’t start out at the level millennials think they are entitled to.
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