Posted on 11/15/2018 8:17:59 PM PST by bitt
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), made headlines when she revealed that she wouldn’t be able to afford Washington, D.C. rent until her government salary kicks in.
The lack of affordable housing in Washington is no joke, but the predicament also speaks to the young lawmaker’s financial literacy — or lack thereof. The 29-year-old didn’t think to consider something as basic as the relocation expenses of a new job opportunity.
If she doesn’t know how much an apartment costs, how much confidence should taxpayers have in her ability to effectively deliver trillions of dollars in campaign promises?
Ocasio-Cortez has proposed free "Medicare for All," free college tuition, guaranteed federal employment at $15 an hour and free houses for the nation’s poorest. These ideas have been conservatively priced at $40 trillion — twice as much money currently listed on the national debt.
It’s the kind of extremist proposal you’d expect to hear from someone who has never made a budget, never been responsible for a business and payroll and never had taxes deducted from a hard-earned paycheck. It's the kind of proposal you've heard from Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and Hugo Chavez before him.
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“Rampant economic illiteracy.”
Also illustrated by the popularity of bernie sanders.
“but with crazy eyes.”
And Mr. Ed’s overbite.
“there are none with a lower IQ than Maxine.”
And occasional cortex says: “Hold my latte”
Is it Ocasio-Cortex or Occasional-Cortex?
This is what a Cortex is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_cortex
The cerebral cortex is the largest region of the cerebrum in the mammalian brain and plays a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.
She is a ignorant dumbass LIEberal!
I predict a one-term wonder!
Maxine IS self destructing! We have to be patient!
Yes, well, identity politics is on its way out of the body politic - We the People are damn sick and tired of the racist LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist/Communists and their divisive politics! They are going down!
And those nitwits were selected because they were supposed to be among the brightest ones. God Save the Republic!
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