Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has made at least $174,000 annually for nearly eight years as a member of Congress but has yet to put a substantial dent in her student loan debt, according to House financial disclosures.
Hmm, I want to turn people against this popular candidate. What if I imply she’s a deadbeat because of her unpaid student loans, that’s not relatable to the masses at all, right? And I can point out her salary, people will think she’s rich - nobody will take it to mean that even on six figures student loans are unpayable!
A remarkable self-own, there. Hell of a performance.
I think its funny that you think someone making 175k is a multi millionaire. Did you look at the full financial disclosure. Clearly not…
Makes $175k/year, but is also required to maintain a household in both New York and DC.
America, the land where you can’t drink at 18 but you can take a life altering amount of debt, or fight a war for the rich.
The Post? What a shit rag.
It’s apparently all OP reads.
It must be nice being a multimillionare and expect the construction workers, waiters and waitresses and taxi drivers to pay off your student loans for you.
Tell me you know jackshit about aoc without telling me you know jackshit about aoc
“… at least $174,000 annually for nearly eight years…”
$174,000 x 8 years = 1,392,000
Millions in 1,392,000 = 1
Now, I’m no expert in American taxes, I’m just a Canadian; but last I checked, 1 million is not multiple millions
Take away about 25-27% for federal and state taxes, social security, idk if they pay for health care since gov, but then she also lives in NY, so I’m sure is not cheap.
She might also need a place in DC. The alternative is staying in a hotel for the duration of congressional sessions. Maybe flying home on weekends and back the next week. But since there are multimillionaires and rich fuck lobbyists in the area as well, it’s hella expensive.
Multimillionaire? Are you really that bad at math?
It’s not like she came from money. Do you know what she was before she became a politician? She was a bartender at a Mexican restaurant about a block away from Union Square. I happen to know this personally, because that’s where I met her in 2015: in between classes at university, I walked into that bar, and she got me fucked up on margaritas.
Unless you’re suggesting that I left her millions of dollars in tips that day…
No, if anything we’re expecting the wealthy people who owned 70% of the stocks in the country to pay for it. But your examples are very interesting, as if they’re even remotely realistic. This is a completely terrible post and you should be ashamed by the way.
Lol 🤡
Man, reactionary media has fucked the brains of a whole lot of people.
Hilarious that you thought this would fly on Lemmy though.
