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Tue Jun 11 11:26:40 +0000 2019

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

What this does is punish members who rely on a straight salary, and reward those who rely on money loopholes and other forms of self-dealing. For example, it incentivizes the horrible kinds of legislative looting we saw in the GOP tax scam bill. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 11, 2019 Hibernated

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Yep. Voting against cost of living increases for members of Congress may sound nice, but doing so only increases pressure on them to keep dark money loopholes open. This makes campaign finance reform *harder.* ALL workers deserve cost of living increases, incl min wage workers. — PolitiTweet.org

Matt Stoller @matthewstoller

This is just so stupid. You get what you pay for and if you cut the pay of public servants for a decade you get bri… https://t.co/MPTFKi0E8s

Posted June 11, 2019 Hibernated

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

It’s not a fun or politically popular position to take. But consistency is important. ALL workers should get cost of living increases. That’s why minimum wage should be pegged to inflation, too. Voting against cost of living increases is 1 reason why dark $ loopholes stay open. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 11, 2019 Hibernated

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