Current Events > Ocasio-Cortez says lawmakers should lose their salaries when govt shuts down.

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Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for Congressional salaries to be furloughed during government shutdowns after the Senate and House failed to pass a spending bill on Friday.

Next time we have a gov shutdown, Congressional salaries should be furloughed as well, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Saturday. Its completely unacceptable that members of Congress can force a government shutdown on partisan lines & then have Congressional salaries exempt from that decision. Have some integrity.

The government went into a partial shutdown at midnight on Friday amid a continuing fight between President Donald Trump and Democrats over the border wall. The President refused to sign a spending bill that did not include $5 billion for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. He had previously vowed to make Mexico pay for the wall. It did not.

Federal workers who are considered essential, more than 420,000, will continue working without pay, according to CBS News. Those employees will eventually receive pack pay. However, an addition 380,000 government employees will be furloughed and may miss a paycheck depending on how long the shutdown lasts.

Ocasio-Cortez, who is set to join Congress as a representative for New Yorks 14th District, has been a vocal critic of the demand for $5 billion for a border wall. When the House passed a short-term spending bill with $5.7 billion for border security, Ocasio-Cortez commented on how else the money could be spent.

She floated the idea of spending $5.7 billion on teacher pay, replacing water pipes, college tuition/prescription refuel subsidies or green jobs. And just like that, GOP discovers $5.7 billion for a wall, Ocasio-Cortez wrote. But notice how no ones asking the GOP how theyre paying for it.

On Friday, she outlined another way the $5.7 billion could be spent instead of Trumps proposed wall.

For the walls $5.7 billion, every child in America could have access to Universal Pre-K. Yet when we propose the SAME $, were told Universal Edu is a fantasy & asked how are you going to pay for it. Education is investment in society that yields returns, she tweeted. Walls are waste.

https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-lawmaker-should-lose-salaries-too-during-1269591

Thoughts?
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Agree
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scar the 1 posted...

Agree

She's right
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Agree

Also

LightningAce11 posted...

Education is investment in society that yields returns

How much investment is Chicago going to need before we start seeing those returns?
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Makes sense.
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don't agree with her on much, but she's spot on here
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Shes right
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I agree with that, I also agree with everything else she said in that article.
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Arcvalons posted...

scar the 1 posted...

Agree

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Theres something blissful about the fact that all political factions of CE can agree that our lawmakers are generally dopes
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Been saying this for years
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Yes that's not a particularly hot take though
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LightningAce11 posted...

He had previously vowed to make Mexico pay for the wall. It did not.

lol

Sounds like something GLaDOS would say.
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I agree as well.

Also, the President and VP.
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Would definitely stop them doing it so much. All for it.
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