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You say that there's a "hit party" on her. But have you considered that she is being criticized because she puts herself out there all the time and says things that do not make sense? I've listed quite a few points about why her statements are baseless and, quite rightly, should be subjected to skepticism and perhaps even ridicule. We all want a better world. But when she claims that she's fighting for a better world but gives no facts and figures on how to actually make it happen, then how is she saying anything of substance? For example, paying for the GND. She has gone on Anderson Cooper and explicitly said that the details of how to pay for it are unimportant. How is figuring out how to properly implement her GND unimportant? Instead she keeps talking about paying higher wages and taxing the super wealthy when her critics have pointed out the flaws in her arguments.
And so far, not a single poster has responded with any facts or numbers to back up any of her wild claims in this thread. So her critics are left with nothing else to seriously consider.
Also, why is it that AOC is pushing so hard for the GND, yet Democrats are so afraid to put it to a vote? I thought the point of writing a bill was to get it passed by voting on it.
Edit: You are correct though. AOC and her ideologies are gaining popularity in America. It is likely that we will see more of such ideologies gain support in the future.
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https://nypost.com/2019/02/21/ocasio-cortez-rips-media-for-reporting-on-her-new-luxury-high-rise/
“Journalists are sharing stories about where I live the same day it’s shared that myself + others were targeted by a mass shooter,” the New York Democrat tweeted late Wednesday. “All this paired w/ amplifying unvetted conspiracy theories. It’s reckless, irresponsible & puts people directly in danger. This isn’t a game.”
How is this person in charge of anything??????
“Journalists are sharing stories about where I live the same day it’s shared that myself + others were targeted by a mass shooter,” the New York Democrat tweeted late Wednesday. “All this paired w/ amplifying unvetted conspiracy theories. It’s reckless, irresponsible & puts people directly in danger. This isn’t a game.”
How is this person in charge of anything??????
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The guardsman in Maryland who had put a hit list together it's easy to see why people around her are uneasy. Heck even people on twitter joked that they see a JFK future. The people paying for the billboards in Time Square are from 1 mile north of Dallas TX given that history it's easy to see someone being concerned.
- 15455 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 600, Addison, TX 75001 like two miles north of Dallas.
https://www.jobcreatorsnetwork.com/...-times-square-billboard-with-new-ad-campaign/
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After college, she started a business at an incubator in the Bronx. It was a publisher of children's picture books that "made the Bronx look good".
However, no books that were actually published by the company have ever been seen, and no financial records, or any kind of footprint really, of the business's dealings can be found other than scanty confirmation that the business did exist, and it was founded by AOC. Other than that, there's no records to show that the business did, well, any business of any sort.
The "success" of the business can be inferred from the fact that, at 29-years-old, AOC was a bartender who had a credit rating lower than an infants.
However, no books that were actually published by the company have ever been seen, and no financial records, or any kind of footprint really, of the business's dealings can be found other than scanty confirmation that the business did exist, and it was founded by AOC. Other than that, there's no records to show that the business did, well, any business of any sort.
The "success" of the business can be inferred from the fact that, at 29-years-old, AOC was a bartender who had a credit rating lower than an infants.
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How will we pay for it - you just pay for it!
We don't have that tech - you just make it!
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After college, she started a business at an incubator in the Bronx. It was a publisher of children's picture books that "made the Bronx look good".
However, no books that were actually published by the company have ever been seen, and no financial records, or any kind of footprint really, of the business's dealings can be found other than scanty confirmation that the business did exist, and it was founded by AOC. Other than that, there's no records to show that the business did, well, any business of any sort.
The "success" of the business can be inferred from the fact that, at 29-years-old, AOC was a bartender who had a credit rating lower than an infants.
She paid out of pocket to make an effort to launch her publishing business at 195 dollars a month to work within the business incubator. Obviously she spit from it after a time possibly because she was working a job that made it hard to devote anytime into her personal projects. You don't want me to start on Trump's failed business list do you? So it did not work out at least she tired and publishing is a tough area to break into with any potential for making money.
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"We seek to develop and identify literature in urban areas," the then-22-year old said of her now-defunct startup, Brook Avenue Press, in a video interview. She went on to encourage investors to support Bronx businesses, saying: "Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest," in an interview with the New York Daily News. Ocasio-Cortez reportedly spent around $1,000 to get her business off the ground, and further advocated for a New York City bill that would double tax deductions for new business startup costs, bringing that figure from $5,000 to $10,000. The National Hispanic Institute even named Ocasio-Cortez their social entrepreneur in residence, recognizing her commitment to the company and greater Hispanic community. (Ocasio-Cortez did not return a call for comment in time for publication.)
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https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/alexa...g-entrepreneurial-roots-run-for-congress.html
You don't want me to start on President Trumps amazing record at launching businesses right around the corner from this business incubator. A number of people likely tried their hand at this and failed is that not what many Republicans talk about that Capitalism allows for people to launch businesses even if they fail. She likely found that the 195 dollars a month was to much for her.After college, she started a business at an incubator in the Bronx. It was a publisher of children's picture books that "made the Bronx look good".
However, no books that were actually published by the company have ever been seen, and no financial records, or any kind of footprint really, of the business's dealings can be found other than scanty confirmation that the business did exist, and it was founded by AOC. Other than that, there's no records to show that the business did, well, any business of any sort.
The "success" of the business can be inferred from the fact that, at 29-years-old, AOC was a bartender who had a credit rating lower than an infants.
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1. Trump Airlines
In 1988, Trump took out a $245 million loan to purchase the planes and routes of Eastern Air Shuttle. He slapped a TRUMP decal and some gold bathroom fixtures on the commuter planes that flew between New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., but customers weren’t charmed. Two years after he launched Trump Shuttle, the airline wasn’t making enough money to even cover the $1 million monthly interest payment on his loan. Trump ultimately defaulted, surrendering ownership of the airline to his creditors.
2. Trump beverages
Perhaps you’re aware of Trump Ice — “one of the purest natural spring waters bottled in the world,” according to the Trump’s website. The line of water, which is bottled by a third party, is not a failure; according to his FEC disclosure, Trump made $280,000 off it last year. But Trump’s other forays into the beverage market have been less successful. Undoubtedly intended to play on hisApprentice catchphrase, Trump Fire was trademarked in 2004, but it does not appear to have ever made it to market. Trump trademarked the name Trump Power at the same time. Both drinks were categorized as “non-alcoholic beverages containing fruit juices… namely, carbonated beverages” on their trademark applications. The only trace remaining of either are the trademark applications that were abandoned in 2006. The same goes for Trump’s American Pale Ale, the trademark for which was cancelled in 2007.
3. Trump: The Game
In 1988, Trump teamed up with Milton Bradley to create Trump: The Game. Despite its flashy TV ad, the game sold only 800,000 copies — less than half the 2 million units the company expected to move. When it was discontinued in 1990, Trump chalked the game’s dismal sales up to the fact that it might have been “too complicated.” The failure apparently didn’t deter Hasbro from releasing a re-branded version of the game in 2004 to capitalize on Trump’s Apprentice-related popularity. Trump said he expected the Hasbro version of his game to sell more copies than the original, but it too quickly went out of circulation. "
4. Trump casinos
Trump has filed for bankruptcy on his Atlantic City properties alone three times. First was the Trump Taj Mahal in 1991 — which was $3 billion in debt after just one year in operation. He was back in bankruptcy court in 2004, and not just for the Trump Taj Mahal but for the Trump Marina and Trump Plaza casinos, which along with a riverboat casino in Indiana had a debt burden of some $1.8 billion. After the bankruptcy, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts reorganized as Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. Four years later, Trump Entertainment Resorts missed an interest payment on a $53.1 million bond; the company declared bankruptcy, and this time Trump stepped down as its chairman.
5. Trump magazine
Trump launched his eponymous magazine in late 2007, reinventing a publication that had previously been called Trump Style and Trump World. His idea was to “[cash] in on the booming advertising market for yachts and other high-end commodities.” The timing, of course, couldn’t have been worse for a magazine, particularly one dependent on luxury advertising. It didn’t survive the financial crisis, folding by 2009.
6. Trump Mortgage
“I think it’s a great time to start a mortgage company,” Trump famously predicted to CNBC in April 2006. “The real-estate market is going to be very strong for a long time to come.” In reality, the market had already begun deflating at that point and would collapse within a matter of months. Unsurprisingly, Trump Mortgage’s business fell far short of its projections, doing less than a third of the $3 billion in business executives predicted it would to do in its first year. At the time, Trump blamed the failure on the executives who run the company. He had tapped E.J. Ridings for the company’s CEO position; the company’s website boasted Ridings as having been a “top executive of one of Wall Street’s most prestigious investment banks,” but Money Magazine later found he had just six months of experience as a stockbroker before he went to work a small mortgage company. Trump Mortgage shuttered in September 2007. According to the Washington Post, the company never paid a $298,274 judgement it owed a former employee, nor the $3,555 it owed in unpaid taxes.
7. Trump Steaks
When Trump filed for bankruptcy on his Atlantic City properties for the second of three times, court records showed he owed the Georgia company Buckhead Beef some $715,240. Two years later, in 2007, Trump struck a deal sell Buckhead Beef through the futuristic gadget store the Sharper Image. CEO Jerry Levin would later tell ThinkProgress it was “a bad business idea.”
“[W]e literally sold almost no steaks,” Levin said. “If we sold $50,000 of steaks grand total, I’d be surprised.” The steaks were pulled from shelves after just two months of abysmal sales, but the Trump Steaks commercial has, blessedly, been preserved for posterity.
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Add other 'Trump' Failures in what is supposed to be his speciality areas, hotels and leisure.
- Trump Toronto Hotel
- Trump Place Hotel New York
- Trump Soho Hotel
- Trump Tower Tampa
- Trump International Hotel & Tower Panama
- Trump Tower Palm Beach
- Trump Tower Hollywood
- Trump Golf Links, Scotland
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There are also questions about how much of these properties he actually owns. He actually is not a publicly traded company so he does not have to issue reports. This's why he protects his taxes to such extreme. He commonly says he's worth 8 billion yet based on extensive research puts that number around 3 billion dollars if not less.
What further complicates things is Jarad Kushner family help fund many of Trump's own projects. People sign on with him because of his name recognition an his over the top lifestyle an hype. This is why there a difference between actually owning sn running a property vs just licensing his name rights.
"For that reason, Trump does not own many of the buildings that display his name. According to Forbes, this portion of Trump'sempire, actually run by his children, has valuation of $562 million. According to Forbes, there were 33 licensing projects under development including seven "condohotels" (i.e."
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That statement tells you all you need to know about the real Ocasio-Cortez and her politics. If people like her have their way, those people in the "cheap seats" won't be allowed to shout at all.
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The dummy still doesn't have an office open yet.
https://nypost.com/2019/02/23/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-nowhere-to-be-seen-near-bronx-home/
This nit-wit went full retard and paid even more then the place she scoped out. And the rent went up in anticipation of the Amazon deal she helped run out of town. Now no new business is going to start up there.
She's so smaht.
https://nypost.com/2019/02/23/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-nowhere-to-be-seen-near-bronx-home/
This nit-wit went full retard and paid even more then the place she scoped out. And the rent went up in anticipation of the Amazon deal she helped run out of town. Now no new business is going to start up there.
She's so smaht.
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She working out pay rates of staffers and office rates.
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FROM THE BOING BOING SHOP
Congressional staffers are notoriously underpaid and the job is one of those high-pressure gigs for high-achieving 20-somethings that requires a second job to make ends meet, even as it demands 80-hour work-weeks.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has announced an end to this practice for her staffers, who will earn a starting wage of $53,000, paid for through cuts to the pay of the more senior members of her team, whose pay will be capped at $80,000/year (as opposed to the customary $150k+).
The story appears in Roll Call, parent company of the political dirty tricksters suspected of sabotaging the FCC's Net Neutrality process by stealing the identities of millions of Americans in order to submit millions of comments supporting the corporate objectives of the country's largest telcoms operators.
The low Congressional wages are part of a long, bipartisan austerity campaign that sought to demonstrate the fiscal prudence of lawmakers by forcing staffers to work for starvation wages, and whose principle effect was to exacerbate the extent to which Congressional staffers were drawn from wealthy backgrounds with familial subsidies that could make up for the miserable pay.
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https://www.rollcall.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-call-living-wage-starts-office
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She working out pay rates of staffers and office rates.
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FROM THE BOING BOING SHOP
Congressional staffers are notoriously underpaid and the job is one of those high-pressure gigs for high-achieving 20-somethings that requires a second job to make ends meet, even as it demands 80-hour work-weeks.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has announced an end to this practice for her staffers, who will earn a starting wage of $53,000, paid for through cuts to the pay of the more senior members of her team, whose pay will be capped at $80,000/year (as opposed to the customary $150k+).
The story appears in Roll Call, parent company of the political dirty tricksters suspected of sabotaging the FCC's Net Neutrality process by stealing the identities of millions of Americans in order to submit millions of comments supporting the corporate objectives of the country's largest telcoms operators.
The low Congressional wages are part of a long, bipartisan austerity campaign that sought to demonstrate the fiscal prudence of lawmakers by forcing staffers to work for starvation wages, and whose principle effect was to exacerbate the extent to which Congressional staffers were drawn from wealthy backgrounds with familial subsidies that could make up for the miserable pay.
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https://www.rollcall.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-call-living-wage-starts-office
I mentioned this a few days ago.
She'll blow through her budget in no time and be seeking more of her handlers cash.
She's to stupid to realize that her staffers will be bottom feeders at half the wages top staffers earn. On the plus she side maybe it'll make her look like the smart one.
Oh who am I kidding.
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A picture of her butthole should be hitting the internet any time now.
We've already seen him.
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Ya, no, he switched to the 'Hilton" model with regards to hotels after being a bankrupt and failed builder/owner/developer when no bank or investors would touch him personally. He became the 'BRAND', he set the 'STRUCTURE' of the deals, and basically was the "GENERAL CONTRACTOR', ensuring everything is built to 'Trump' standards.
Unfortunately 'TRUMP STANDARDS" seem to be ones that almost ensure almost everyone in the project loses a ton of money as these poorly structured projects fail, one after another.
He is a failed Builder/Owner/Developer. All of his BRAND projects are topelling and that aspect of his business should certainly be looked at as a failure.
His POTUS run, well let's just wait and see how history regards that.
Really the only thing he seems to have been able to make work is the money laundering thing for rich Oligarchs and Gangsters. He seems to have found a niche there.
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