AOC: $174,000 Congressional Salary Difficult on ‘Working and Middle Class’ Lawmakers

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AOC: $174,000 Congressional Salary Difficult on ‘Working and Middle Class’ Lawmakers

Hannah Bleau 23 Jun 2022

The $174,000 congressional salary is difficult on “working and middle class” lawmakers, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) asserted this week on Instagram.

“Only 10 women in the history of the United States have ever given birth while serving in Congress. 10,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a story posted to her Instagram, referring to the U.S. House of Representatives as a “hostile place to have a baby,” as vote schedules “pretty much” assume that no one has a family, as they change often and require frequent travel.

Not only that, Ocasio-Cortez complained, but there are thousands of dollars worth of out-of-pocket expenses.

“The job requires you to pay $25k+ in out of pocket work expenses that are NOT reimbursable or tax deductible, no housing allowance despite requiring you to pay for/rent 2 homes or else risk losing your job (hence the above huge work expenses), no included dental or vision insurance, no eligibility for PSLF, etc.,” she said, noting that her points are unpopular, citing “a lot of fake memes about Congress voting to give themselves pay increases.”

“But I assure you this is not true,” she said, wishing it were actually true as it would, she said, “allow more regular people to have and keep this job.”

While “huge numbers” of people in Congress are “independently wealthy,” Ocasio-Cortez said, the $174,000 congressional salary is difficult for the “working class members” who depend on it.

“The ones who actually rely on salary come from working and middle class backgrounds,” she said. “So b) it’s easy for wealthy members to vote AGAINST cost of living adjustments for the working class members to score political points, but then c) many will then engage in stock trading … because they know they’ve created an impossible $ situation and that’s how they work around it.”

“So basically if you’re a normal working person that comes into this job and refuses to do insider trading,” she continued, identifying herself as such, “then you are playing an already hard job on extra hard mode both personally and professionally.”

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[Kamaji]

[heelboy22]

Here's hoping she'll have an opportunity to go do something else at the beginning of next year.

[christian]

Obviously when Biden insisted he wanted to have every wet back coming over the border to get a million dollars a piece, some how Joe forgot to increas the Congressmens salary too.  More of the Clintons amnesia spreading and affects Joe and who knows who else?  With democrats affected and amnesia spreading like wild fire-dementia,
soon there might just be no one that can be held accountable in government, or at least any democrats! ! !  We have a genuine leftist utopia falling upon us!
 

[Bigun]

I'm sure tending bar pays better and has better benefits! Maybe you should go back to that.

[Hoodat]

You think $174,000 is bad?  What about the $0 that those Amazon workers will be making in that Brooklyn center you killed?

[GtHawk]

That's $174K PLUS whiner baby!

https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/10/20/10-perks-congress-has-that-you-dont.aspx

Other sources of income for members of Congress
Members of Congress must follow restrictions for the amount of outside income they can earn while serving in office. Senators and representatives may only earn up to 15% in excess of their annual congressional salary. Federal laws prevent them from earning any income from fiduciary relationships. This rule helps prevent any conflicts of interest within Congress.

Congress members may earn income from their personal investments since the law considers them "unearned" income. This could include money made from rent, interest or stock dividends. These earnings are not a part of the 15% rule because members in this situation are collecting income on assets they already own.

You would think someone with an economics degree would know how to manage her money, maybe she shouldn't by extravagances like an expensive Tesla. In closing FOYSB!

[Killer Clouds]

Nothing is stopping AOC from resigning so she can go earn more money elsewhere.

[cato potatoe]

There's plenty of affordable housing past the Anacostia River.  She could live like a princess.