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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:41 PM Feb 2019

AOC responds to Ivanka




Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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As a person who actually worked for tips & hourly wages in my life, instead of having to learn about it 2nd-hand, I can tell you that most people want to be paid enough to live.

A living wage isn’t a gift, it’s a right. Workers are often paid far less than the value they create.



Axios
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Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio-Cortez policies in Fox News Interview: "People want to work for what they get. So, I think that this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want."
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AOC responds to Ivanka (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Feb 2019 OP
Like the workers in Vankies sweatshops are paid far less than the value they create. Autumn Feb 2019 #1
Hey Ivanka... you speak for NO ONE Blue Owl Feb 2019 #2
AOC speaks for me! elleng Feb 2019 #3
She's with me. shanny Feb 2019 #15
...and she speaks for me! n/t DemSoc Feb 2019 #48
And Istanka is paid waaaay more thegoose Feb 2019 #4
She rips off other designers creations. She creates nothing. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2019 #14
She's a lip-injected leech. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #41
FAR, FAR worse than worthless! FiveGoodMen Feb 2019 #50
Great Response!!!! spanone Feb 2019 #5
That should leave a mark malaise Feb 2019 #22
She really pisses me off... spanone Feb 2019 #33
+1 SkatmanRoth Feb 2019 #6
And the MAGATs who can't make ends meet eat this shit up lunatica Feb 2019 #7
This from one who was born into money, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #8
Yes, Ivanka, people do want to work, and they also want to be paid fairly... world wide wally Feb 2019 #9
Dude, Ivanka doesn't even look fucking human. Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #10
nice response. drray23 Feb 2019 #11
I want to believe that she's about to be included in the list of warrants forthcoming from the FBI Fritz Walter Feb 2019 #12
Whom ever controls the stick with the carrot? czarjak Feb 2019 #13
An old school "Right On!" to AOC. Ivanka is an elitist and knows nothing about iluvtennis Feb 2019 #16
Way too comp0licated for that ditz.. May I use that term here? pangaia Feb 2019 #17
Rich people telling workers they make to much is sick. pwb Feb 2019 #18
Only in the twisted fantasy world of the Republican bubble caballojm Feb 2019 #19
workers are ALWAYS paid less than the value they create fescuerescue Feb 2019 #20
Absolutely! Glad someone pointed that out!!!! NurseJackie Feb 2019 #27
She said "far less." hunter Feb 2019 #29
Yea I wasn't disputing it fescuerescue Feb 2019 #30
Is it wrong to have a crush on this woman? Asking for a friend n/t gay texan Feb 2019 #21
OAC speaks for me. zentrum Feb 2019 #23
THAT is the twitter-response equalivlant of a VISCIOUS right cross lol Volaris Feb 2019 #24
She is the Bruce Lee of social media. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #42
Oh man, this AOC woman is awesome........ a kennedy Feb 2019 #25
Thank you AOC! Trump spawn have no clue. Not a lick of work in their life. Evolve Dammit Feb 2019 #26
Any job that can't pay a comfortable living wage isn't worth doing. hunter Feb 2019 #28
I'm not an AOC fan but that was well done! samnsara Feb 2019 #31
Pitch perfect response. suffragette Feb 2019 #32
Please BARBIE TRUMP -- GO THE FUCK AWAY. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #34
Its a shame... GoodTimes146 Feb 2019 #35
"If we paid them $15 an hour, fast food worker could earn my $300 million in less than struggle4progress Feb 2019 #36
Perfect ck4829 Feb 2019 #37
Go,go,go AOC! littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #38
Good response. cwydro Feb 2019 #39
I love AOC. She doesn't put up with the BS for a second. Vinca Feb 2019 #40
She is a verbal martial arts master. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #51
It's opinions like that which make ivanka such a popular employer... Warren_Pointe Feb 2019 #43
My tweet to Ivanka... chwaliszewski Feb 2019 #44
She really picked the wrong person to try to steamroll. argyl Feb 2019 #45
A living wage isn't a gift, it's a right. Workers are often paid far less than the value they create Glaisne Feb 2019 #46
Shame, irony, self-awareness, empathy, satire, situational awwreness... BobTheSubgenius Feb 2019 #47
RE: "Workers are often paid far less than the value they create." discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #49
A UBI will only supplement low wages, not allow someone to live high on the hog. Lanius Feb 2019 #52

Autumn

(45,056 posts)
1. Like the workers in Vankies sweatshops are paid far less than the value they create.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:49 PM
Feb 2019

I hate those simpering, pampered trump pets.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
7. And the MAGATs who can't make ends meet eat this shit up
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:58 PM
Feb 2019

Every time a Trump opens their mouth it’s like Pavlov ringing his bell.

world wide wally

(21,740 posts)
9. Yes, Ivanka, people do want to work, and they also want to be paid fairly...
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:03 PM
Feb 2019

Not just what YOU want to give them.
You're too much like your cheapskate father.

 

Fuzzpope

(602 posts)
10. Dude, Ivanka doesn't even look fucking human.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:09 PM
Feb 2019

I keep expecting a chameleon tongue to shoot out at me and stick against the other side of the display glass.

*ribbet-ribbet*


























*ribbet*

drray23

(7,627 posts)
11. nice response.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:14 PM
Feb 2019

She did not take the bait, she answered firmly without giving the RWers ammunition. This young congresswoman is learning fast.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
12. I want to believe that she's about to be included in the list of warrants forthcoming from the FBI
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:17 PM
Feb 2019

Specifically from Mr. Mueller's investigations.

And, with any luck, there will be charges from state attorneys general, so that individual-one cannot pardon the object of his perverted lust.

Jeez! I feel the need to shower just for writing that last bit!

When will this nightmare end?

iluvtennis

(19,850 posts)
16. An old school "Right On!" to AOC. Ivanka is an elitist and knows nothing about
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:47 PM
Feb 2019

the struggles of us working class folks.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
17. Way too comp0licated for that ditz.. May I use that term here?
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 07:49 PM
Feb 2019

She is too stupid and out of the loop of human existance to have any idea what AOC is talking about...

caballojm

(272 posts)
19. Only in the twisted fantasy world of the Republican bubble
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:09 PM
Feb 2019

does Princess Ivanka get to lecture AOC about the value of hard work, earning what you have, and what working class people are thinking. Vapid and clueless spawn of Drumpf.

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
20. workers are ALWAYS paid less than the value they create
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:10 PM
Feb 2019

Thats pretty much the entire purpose of a corporation. To extract value from people, give them some back in cash and convert the rest to corporate profits.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
27. Absolutely! Glad someone pointed that out!!!!
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:50 PM
Feb 2019
workers are ALWAYS paid less than the value they create
Absolutely! Glad someone pointed that out!

hunter

(38,310 posts)
29. She said "far less."
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 09:11 PM
Feb 2019

Workers haven't been getting a fair share of the value for a long time. Disparity of wealth is increasing.

Volaris

(10,270 posts)
24. THAT is the twitter-response equalivlant of a VISCIOUS right cross lol
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:40 PM
Feb 2019

AOC is a natural at this.
Imagine what kind of goddamn champion she'll be with Madame Speaker as a coach lol!?

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
42. She is the Bruce Lee of social media.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 08:52 AM
Feb 2019

Anyone foolish enough to try to start a Twitter fight with AOC is going to lose.

hunter

(38,310 posts)
28. Any job that can't pay a comfortable living wage isn't worth doing.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 09:08 PM
Feb 2019

Fuck off, Ivanka.


(That's why I'm not a politician and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is...)

struggle4progress

(118,280 posts)
36. "If we paid them $15 an hour, fast food worker could earn my $300 million in less than
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:57 AM
Feb 2019

ten thousand years! Nobody wants that to happen! It's socialism!"

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
51. She is a verbal martial arts master.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 03:14 PM
Feb 2019

She always responds quickly, simply, directly, and effectively. I don't think you can even learn how to do all that. She just somehow knows.

Warren_Pointe

(328 posts)
43. It's opinions like that which make ivanka such a popular employer...
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 10:42 AM
Feb 2019

in China. Lets see how she likes all those millions of jobs she created each demanding more money.

argyl

(3,064 posts)
45. She really picked the wrong person to try to steamroll.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:04 AM
Feb 2019

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is considerably quicker on the draw than Princess.

Glaisne

(515 posts)
46. A living wage isn't a gift, it's a right. Workers are often paid far less than the value they create
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:07 PM
Feb 2019

Put that on billboards, put in email signatures, on bumper stickers, in editorials, on your social media profiles. Say it and post it everywhere. This is the essential truth of working. A truth that all conservatives deny and fight against.

A living wage isn’t a gift, it’s a right. Workers are often paid far less than the value they create.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
47. Shame, irony, self-awareness, empathy, satire, situational awwreness...
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:28 PM
Feb 2019

All of these becoming archaic, quickly being relegated to a past that we remember fondly, and will sorely miss?

It would seem so.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
49. RE: "Workers are often paid far less than the value they create."
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:54 PM
Feb 2019

I know of a company that has net income ~ $1.5 billion. This company has 6 employees. How much should they be paid?

In high school and college I took courses in economics. A consistent concept in all of them is that a voluntary transaction only occurs when each party values what they get more than what they give up.

I'm not understanding how to evalueate implementing this idea.

Lanius

(599 posts)
52. A UBI will only supplement low wages, not allow someone to live high on the hog.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 04:50 PM
Feb 2019

She displays her ignorance and entitlement every time she speaks.

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