This_person
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It’s a lesser position. President Pro Tempore is the next level down from Speaker, and above Majority Leader. Constitutionally, there’s no such thing as “Majority Leader”.
AOC - On Congressional Pay Raises
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Ocasio-Cortez, Who Makes $174,000, Wants $4,500 Raise: ‘It’s Not Even Like A Raise’
"You know, it may not be politically popular to say, but honestly, this is why there's so much pressure to turn to lobbying firms and to cash in on members service after people leave because, because precisely of this issue," Ocasio-Cortez said. "So it may be politically convenient and it may make you look good in the short term for saying, 'oh, we're not voting for pay increases,' but we should be fighting for pay increases for every American worker. We should be fighting for a $15 minimum wage pegged to inflation so that everybody in the United States with a salary, with a wage gets a cost of living increase."
"Members of Congress, retail workers, everybody should get cost of living increases to accommodate for the changes in our economy and then when we don't do that it only increases the pressure on members to exploit loopholes like insider trading loopholes to make it on the backend," Ocasio-Cortez continued. "And that's my issue, is that it's superficial, you know, can vote against pay increases all you want, it's in my opinion voting against a pay, voting against a, it's not even like a raise, it's a cost of living adjustment."
"So, you can vote against a cost of living adjustment all you want and it'll look good on its surface but it will, every cost-of-living adjustment that, that gets bypassed, is voting to increase the pressure to exploit loopholes and legal loopholes to kind of lean on other ways to enrich oneself through service," Ocasio-Cortez concluded. "And so my whole side of it is like, it may not be optics, it may not be great optics, it may not like look the best in terms of your opponents could use it as a political, exploit as a political issue, but in substance, you might as well be transparent about a cost-of-living increase."
"You know, it may not be politically popular to say, but honestly, this is why there's so much pressure to turn to lobbying firms and to cash in on members service after people leave because, because precisely of this issue," Ocasio-Cortez said. "So it may be politically convenient and it may make you look good in the short term for saying, 'oh, we're not voting for pay increases,' but we should be fighting for pay increases for every American worker. We should be fighting for a $15 minimum wage pegged to inflation so that everybody in the United States with a salary, with a wage gets a cost of living increase."
"Members of Congress, retail workers, everybody should get cost of living increases to accommodate for the changes in our economy and then when we don't do that it only increases the pressure on members to exploit loopholes like insider trading loopholes to make it on the backend," Ocasio-Cortez continued. "And that's my issue, is that it's superficial, you know, can vote against pay increases all you want, it's in my opinion voting against a pay, voting against a, it's not even like a raise, it's a cost of living adjustment."
"So, you can vote against a cost of living adjustment all you want and it'll look good on its surface but it will, every cost-of-living adjustment that, that gets bypassed, is voting to increase the pressure to exploit loopholes and legal loopholes to kind of lean on other ways to enrich oneself through service," Ocasio-Cortez concluded. "And so my whole side of it is like, it may not be optics, it may not be great optics, it may not like look the best in terms of your opponents could use it as a political, exploit as a political issue, but in substance, you might as well be transparent about a cost-of-living increase."
littlelady
God bless the USA
It’s an ivory tower thing. The lawmakers impose their beliefs/policies on “the people”, but don’t think they have to live by their beliefs/policies, themselves. It is called Socialism. Marxism, Communism, Totalitarianism. Pick one.
An example...they want to welcome illegals and give them free health care. While Americans pay out the butt for health care. And, don’t forget these politicians/gov employees have cadillac insurance. It is all disgusting.
And, this might not be the best thread to put this, but I am tired. Babysat 12 hours today. My thought...It was easier for leap frog Dem progressives to assassinate JFK, than it is for them to impeach/get rid of Trump. God bless the USA.
Nite nite.
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