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2019-02-18 Home Front: Politix

Ocasio-Cortez, addressing a post-Amazon NYC, says city workers deserve better than 'scraps'

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Posted by Fred 2019-02-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Let me guess, the 300 were all "artists" that don't do menial labor. I'm hip!

Posted by Almost Anonymous5839 2019-02-18 00:31|| 2019-02-18 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 That’s invited artist to you.

Posted by CrazyFool 2019-02-18 00:41|| 2019-02-18 00:41|| Front Page Top

#3 The average Amazon job would have paid $150,000/year. Just what does Ocasio-Cortez think a job in NYC pays?

Posted by Elmeting Omomonter9115 2019-02-18 00:49|| 2019-02-18 00:49|| Front Page Top

#4 some 300 giddy constituents Saturday at the Renaissance School for Musical Theater and Technology.

Good lord. 300 future street performers / pan handlers.

Posted by Elmeting Omomonter9115 2019-02-18 00:51|| 2019-02-18 00:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Phuque NYC

Posted by 746 2019-02-18 01:08|| 2019-02-18 01:08|| Front Page Top

#6 The idea that not everyone can be a barista, doesn't seem to penetrate.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-02-18 03:15|| 2019-02-18 03:15|| Front Page Top

#7 It makes sense. Her constituents might not qualify for any job Amazon would have created in NYC.

Posted by European Conservative 2019-02-18 04:50|| 2019-02-18 04:50|| Front Page Top

#8 The average Amazon job would have paid $150,000/year.

Really? I was under the impression that part of the issue is that most Amazon jobs are only slightly above minimum wage. Is my understanding incorrect, Elmeting Omomonter9115?

Posted by trailing wife 2019-02-18 06:16|| 2019-02-18 06:16|| Front Page Top

#9 that's the number quoted, TW. Remember, this is a HQ, not a shipment center

Posted by Frank G 2019-02-18 07:08|| 2019-02-18 07:08|| Front Page Top

#10 This poor woman is turning out to be a boon to anyone who actually thinks.

Posted by SR-71 2019-02-18 07:18|| 2019-02-18 07:18|| Front Page Top

#11 And critics thought Cuffy Meigs in Atlas Shrugged was "a ham-handed caricature..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-02-18 07:33|| 2019-02-18 07:33|| Front Page Top

#12 It's gonna be a long two years being exposed to this idiot's vapid bullshit...

Posted by Raj 2019-02-18 07:57|| 2019-02-18 07:57|| Front Page Top

#13 Just what does Ocasio-Cortez think a job in NYC pays?

She gets paid pretty well.....now.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-02-18 08:32|| 2019-02-18 08:32|| Front Page Top

#14 Keeps digging, Sandy. There's a bottom down there somewhere.

Posted by Bobby 2019-02-18 09:13|| 2019-02-18 09:13|| Front Page Top

#15 Yes, please don't stop now.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-18 09:14|| 2019-02-18 09:14|| Front Page Top

#16 She gets paid pretty well.....now.

Sadly, I understand she will receive this as well as many other benefits for the rest of get life.

Posted by gorb 2019-02-18 10:55|| 2019-02-18 10:55|| Front Page Top

#17 Nominate Bobby for snark of the day!

Posted by SR-71 2019-02-18 13:12|| 2019-02-18 13:12|| Front Page Top

#18 Re #16: gorb, IIRC, Congresscritters only get the lifetime pension after seeing 5 years. Which means she would have to get re-elected twice to collect. Of course, if she takes over Schumer or Gillibrand's seat, she gets it after one term.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-02-18 16:57|| 2019-02-18 16:57|| Front Page Top

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