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Author of @WinnersTakeAll (out now from @AAKnopf), THE TRUE AMERICAN, & INDIA CALLING. Ex-@NYTimes. NBC political analyst. TED talker. @PriyaParker's man. Dad.

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    Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Nov 9

    Anand Giridharadas Retweeted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

    The only thing better than @Ocasio2018's honesty about her finances would be a Congress full of members who couldn't afford rent without being paid. A Congress resembling the nation.https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1060982431765925889 …

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    Alexandria Ocasio-CortezVerified account @Ocasio2018
    40% of ALL Americans currently struggle to pay for one basic need like food or rent. As much as @FoxNews likes to mock the working-class, the real scandal is that at the wealthiest point in our history, we are at one of our most unequal. Most Americans are barely scraping by.
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      1. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Nov 9

        You know what @Ocasio2018 means to me? Less an ideology than a glimpse of what it looks like when ordinary people, not plutocrats, lead the charge to "change the world." When the rich run change, they defang it. We must change whom we task to make change. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539747/winners-take-all-by-anand-giridharadas/9780451493248/ …

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      2. RickiRat‏ @rickicrat Nov 9
        Replying to @AnandWrites @davidsirota @Ocasio2018

        if we paid them minimum wage then minimum wage would become a livable wage

        2 replies 3 retweets 35 likes
      3. Desu and Taxes‏ @Desu_Tax Nov 9
        Replying to @rickicrat @AnandWrites and

        No, they'd just "somehow" have millions in the bank despite a puny paycheck. Politicians have all sorts of ways to get money through back channels ("legally" or illegally), so it's better to just pay them well enough they don't have to get started down that road to begin with.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Desu and Taxes‏ @Desu_Tax Nov 9
        Replying to @Desu_Tax @rickicrat and

        Better to just publicly finance elections and provide a strong safety net so people who aren't independently wealthy can more easily run for office. I'd rather have a congress full of ex-nurses/factory workers/teachers making 250k than millionaires making 40k.

        0 replies 4 retweets 21 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Jenny  ❄️  🌹 🏳️‍🌈‏ @jengirl824 Nov 9
        Replying to @AnandWrites @Ocasio2018

        If their salaries were based on the medium income of the people in their district/state, in addition to not being allowed to take corporate money, theyd be forced to make policies that help the poor and middle class, instead of just doing what benefits them personally.

        9 replies 18 retweets 100 likes
      3. Nick Gregoire‏ @nickgregoirenc Nov 9
        Replying to @jengirl824 @AnandWrites @Ocasio2018

        That would just punish people who dont already have vast personal wealth. Need to go after the ways that they profit off of their position and provide them with a salary reflecting their duties and to allow them to live and work in DC

        2 replies 2 retweets 19 likes
      4. Michael Hoexter  🔥‏ @mike_cal Nov 9
        Replying to @nickgregoirenc @jengirl824 and

        Yes, low pay for Congresspeople is a formula for more plutocracy, corruption by other means.

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      5. Orlando‏ @Orl33 Nov 9
        Replying to @mike_cal @nickgregoirenc and

        Change supreme court rules and stop treating corporations as individuals. Corruption is already in.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. GEOTRILL 🌐 🔥‏ @delmoi Nov 10
        Replying to @Orl33 @mike_cal and

        We should actually be paying people in Congress way more money. So that they don't have to hobnob with other rich people and get their family members lobbying jobs to match up with them. We should be paying members of Congress big money to represent us, so other ppl don't.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Orlando‏ @Orl33 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @delmoi @mike_cal and

        You can pay anybody all the money in the world and they will always want more. Human nature. Sorry but its not the solution.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Nick Gregoire‏ @nickgregoirenc 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @Orl33 @delmoi and

        Pay them a livable salary so they dont need personal wealth or go looking for other revenue and in conjunction really crack down on seedy deals and close any loopholes that allow them to benefit financially from the position

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Orlando‏ @Orl33 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @nickgregoirenc @delmoi and

        So you do not find that 174,000 as base salary is a livable salary? Salary should be in par with citizens they represent and or duties and education.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Rattlebones Malone‏ @Grafsburg Nov 9
        Replying to @AnandWrites @Ocasio2018

        Interesting that Fox News and the right in particular decry Democrats and liberals in general as being "coastal elites" and are now mocking one for being working class.

        3 replies 5 retweets 64 likes
      3. Karst D. Ragon‏ @TheGamerDraco Nov 9
        Replying to @Grafsburg @AnandWrites @Ocasio2018

        They love being hypocrites when it serves their narrative

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Jonathan Sturby#BernierNation #PPC‏ @SturbyJon Nov 9
        Replying to @TheGamerDraco @Grafsburg and

        Don't say they. Both sides love being hypocrites when it serves their narrative. To deny this would require a greater level of denial than a climate change denier.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Randal P. Reed‏ @RandalPReed1 Nov 9
        Replying to @SturbyJon @TheGamerDraco and

        climatologists tout climate change ideology to perpetuate research funding. There is no scientific evidence supporting more than a very small human impact on climate. Money rules with so-called climate scientists, part of the increasingly corrupt “science” community.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Jonathan Sturby#BernierNation #PPC‏ @SturbyJon Nov 10
        Replying to @RandalPReed1 @TheGamerDraco and

        Okay.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. d  🌼‏ @d_sillik Nov 9
        Replying to @AnandWrites @Ocasio2018

        Let us not forget that many gop millionaires slept in their offices for years!! To include Paul Ryan.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Besttuxcat‏ @besttuxcat Nov 9
        Replying to @d_sillik @AnandWrites @Ocasio2018

        If that’s true @SpeakerRyan is even more contemptible for not helping low income and poor

        1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
      4. thefairelectionsfund‏ @thefairelection Nov 9
        Replying to @besttuxcat @d_sillik and

        Especially since his family needed Soc. Sec. Survivors’ Benefits after his dad’s early death.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5.  👁mhere2 #resistnow #standwiththekids #VOTEBLUE‏ @eyeseewigs Nov 10
        Replying to @thefairelection @besttuxcat and

        Yet, #PaulRyan dreamed since before coming to congress of cutting or privatizing Medicare, upping the age for SSA. He acknowledged his mother could be affected by his plan. #ThankGod he didn’t succeed.

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