Radical Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a strange Twitter rant about inflation, wages, and America’s labor shortage on social media Thursday, defending the Biden administration’s economic agenda as inflation surges.
“If you are worried about inflation, it’s important to understand why it’s happening: supply chain, labor, and healthcare complications. We can address these issues by investing in infrastructure, wages, healthcare &benefits. AKA signing BBB/BIF into law as absolute, bare minimum,” posted AOC.
“Conservatives argue against raising wages by claiming it’ll raise prices. But that isn’t reliably supported w historic data. However, what we’re seeing now is perhaps an ex. of prices rising when wages/benefits are *too low*- not enough workers, hurts supply chain, prices hike,” she added.
If you are worried about inflation, it’s important to understand why it’s happening: supply chain, labor, and healthcare complications. We can address these issues by investing in infrastructure, wages, healthcare &benefits.
AKA signing BBB/BIF into law as absolute, bare minimum
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 4, 2021
Go on…
Conservatives argue against raising wages by claiming it’ll raise prices. But that isn’t reliably supported w historic data.
However, what we’re seeing now is perhaps an ex. of prices rising when wages/benefits are *too low*- not enough workers, hurts supply chain, prices hike.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 4, 2021
Right…
When people drop out of the workforce, it’s a pretty complicated & expensive endeavor to get them back.
The reason is bc unlike physical supply chain issues where problems are a bit more straightforward (not saying easy, but more clear), labor supply issues can be more complex.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 4, 2021
Uh huh…
You can see this in the issue of wages. You will sometimes hear stories of a place claiming to have raised wages but still having trouble keeping people.
Well, when a pandemic devastated intergenerational families of workers and there’s no childcare, people can’t go back to work
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 4, 2021
Of course…
I haven’t seen data yet if those anecdotes are indicative of a larger trend (& if so, how large), but the point still stands.
Like many working class Latino families,my grandma lived with us growing up and cared for me as my parents worked. Until she moved in, my mom stayed home
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 4, 2021
Interesting…
My family is one of essential workers: school bus drivers, postal workers, cleaners, etc
When childcare wasn’t available, my family couldn’t work – they stayed home.
When childcare isn’t universally available, it impacts the labor market. It can become a supply chain issue!
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 4, 2021
Wow…
For people saying this is too out there, read this WSJ coverage.
Women, low income workers, people of color are disproportionately represented in those not re-entering the labor force.
There are reasons for that!https://t.co/JWz4FWvdnG
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 4, 2021
Read her full statement above.
AOC Explodes: AOC Says Republicans ‘Treat Our Country as a Joke’ and ‘Play Games with American Lives’
Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed her Republican colleagues on social media Monday; saying the GOP “treats our country as a joke” and routinely “plays games with people’s lives.”
“When Republicans say our nation’s laws are ‘just a joke,’ they mean it. They treat our country as a joke, our communities as a joke, and our future as a joke. For the GOP, as long as the rich get richer, they are happy to play games with American lives,” posted Ocasio-Cortez on social media.
When Republicans say our nation‘s laws are “just a joke,” they mean it.
They treat our country as a joke, our communities as a joke, and our future as a joke.
For the GOP, as long as the rich get richer, they are happy to play games with American lives. https://t.co/y8TRhgeHkG
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 8, 2019
AOC’s critique comes hours after she called for the abolishment of prisons across the United States.
“Mass incarceration is our American reality. It is a system whose logic evolved from the same lineage as Jim Crow, American apartheid, & slavery. To end it, we have to change. That means we need to have a real conversation about decarceration & prison abolition in this country,” posted Ocasio-Cortez on social media.
Mass incarceration is our American reality. It is a system whose logic evolved from the same lineage as Jim Crow, American apartheid, & slavery.
To end it, we have to change.
That means we need to have a real conversation about decarceration & prison abolition in this country. https://t.co/9E9NTAmBNi
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 7, 2019
The far-left lawmaker made similar comments last week; saying there should be no billionaires throughout the United States.
“‘Billionaires should not exist’ does not mean certain people should not exist. It means no person should have a billion dollars. The ascent of billionaires is a symptom & outcome of an immoral system that tells people affordable insulin is impossible but exploitation is fine,” posted AOC on Twitter.
AOC IMPLODES: Ocasio-Cortez Posts Climate Change Rant While Assembling Furniture, Says ’12 Years Left’
Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confused countless Americans this week; posting a bizarre rant on social media while assembling furniture that warned the US has just “12 years left” before “the world ends.”
On Instagram live, AOC just compared climate change and the world ending in 12 years to the civil rights movement and people protesting against African-Americans… pic.twitter.com/6fcC74h5ny
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 4, 2019
“How many years until the world ends again? We have 12 years left to cut emissions by at least 50% if not more. For everyone who wants to make a joke about that, you may laugh, but your grandkids will not,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
“You look back and you open history books on the Civil Rights Movement, and you see those folks who are protesting… People who are trying to mock and delay this moment… I just feel bad for you,” she added.
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