hotrodharley
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Off the subject but a sled dog just died in the Yukon during a race from aspiration. Pathology reports show giardia. In the winter in the Yukon. Never drink directly from any stream.
Poor people not allowed in AOC's luxury apartment complex
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abandonconflict
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How do you know? Have you read any of his books?
Roger A. Shrubber
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so she went from being a bartender and living where she could afford to live, to being a representative, who makes 174k a year....you expected her to stay in alphabet city in a 3rd floor walkup? would you? how exactly does this make her a bad person? is she supposed to live in a tent next to her office and donate all of her income to charity? do you?https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/poor-people-not-allowed-in-aocs-luxury-apartment-complex
by Alana Goodman
| February 19, 2019 02:43 PM
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently moved into a luxury apartment complex in Washington, D.C. that does not offer the affordable housing units that were a key plank in the New York congresswoman’s campaign platform.
Ocasio-Cortez, 29, who said in November that she was concerned about being able to afford rent in D.C., now earns a $174,000 annual salary and is living in a newly built high-rise in the city’s Navy Yard area, the Washington Free Beacon reported last week.
The freshman congresswoman, a self-described socialist, campaigned on a platform to expand affordable housing, and her controversial Green New Deal proposal promises “Safe, affordable, adequate housing” for all.
But Ocasio-Cortez’s new building — built by leading D.C. developer WC Smith — is part of a luxury complex whose owners specifically do not offer affordable units under Washington, D.C.’s Affordable Dwelling Units program. The Washington Examiner is not naming the building or complex.
In 2018, a civil rights attorney sued the Washington, D.C. government for allegedly discriminatory gentrification policies, claiming that development in Navy Yard area and other parts of southeast D.C. encouraged an influx of affluent “millennial creatives” who displaced minority residents.
Ocasio-Cortez, commonly referred to as "AOC," repeatedly criticized luxury real estate developers during her campaign, claiming that their buildings hiked up rent prices and pushed low-income residents out of their neighborhoods.
[Previous coverage: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns Amazon HQ2 could worsen housing crisis in New York, DC]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside her apartment complex last week. This photograph has been altered to obscure the name of the building.
(Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
“We need to kick luxury real estate lobbyists to the curb and defend working people’s way of life,” Ocasio-Cortez said last March. “Skyrocketing cost of living is a national crisis that CAN be addressed. It’s not just an NYC issue - it’s happening in every US metro area.”
Ocasio-Cortez also promised not to take campaign contributions from luxury developers during her campaign. “It’s time we stand up to the luxury developer lobby,” she said in a speech last April. “Every official is too scared to do it - except me.”
Her new apartment complex — which boasts on its website that it vows to take "luxury apartment living" to a higher level — offers over 100,000 square feet of amenities for its residents.
These include: two private massage rooms with state-of-the-art hydrotherapy beds; men’s and women’s saunas; a full-scale demonstration kitchen with wood-fired pizza oven; a 25-meter indoor lap pool; a rooftop infinity pool with panoramic views of the Capitol; a Peloton cycling studio with over a dozen bikes; and a fireside lounge featuring a Steinway & Sons player piano.
Also included is a PGA-grade golf simulation lounge with a wrap-around screen and viewing bar that allows residents to play virtually at dozens of the world’s most exclusive golf courses with the touch of a button. Last week, Democrats mocked President Trump for installing a new golf simulator at the White House — updating with his own money one originally installed by former President Barack Obama.
Apartments in the building currently start at $1,840 per month for a 440 square foot studio, and range up to $5,200 for a three-bedroom. The average rent in Washington D.C. is $1,340 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,550 for a two-bedroom, according to the most recent data from Apartment List.
W. Christopher Smith, 66, the Annapolis-based CEO of WC Smith, is a Democratic donor who contributed to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and the Senate campaigns of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-M.D., Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA., and Jane Raybould, who lost a 2018 Senate race in Nebraska.
Smith donated to Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., in 2017, and 11 employees of WC Smith gave $6,900 to the campaign of Muriel Bower, the Democratic mayor of D.C. In 2018, WC Smith's vice-president of communications Ann-Marie Bairstow gave over $1300 to Act Blue earmarked in small amounts — $100 or less — for various candidates, including $50 to Ocasio-Cortez.
i'm not particularly fond of this woman, but this is a stupid non issue....
Rob Roy
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There are two ways to make money, honestly, thru voluntary trade etc. , or dishonestly thru confiscation, fraud, etc.
Ms. Cortez salary is paid thru confiscation. Isn't this ignorant little princess a gun grabber? How's she gonna get paid if she doesn't have a gun ?
srh88
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I hate having to hold up people at gun point for a paycheck. Just so unnecessary
UncleBuck
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Get a job welfare sponge
Rob Roy
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I sell treadmills.
Rob Roy
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If some people you don't know came to you and demanded money for something you didn't ask for and aren't allowed to acquire another way even if you do want what they're selling (but not from them) would you give them money ?
If I did that to you, would you pay me money ?
srh88
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Lol
Rob Roy
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TacoMac
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There aren't enough bread crumbs for him to find his way back to sanity, let alone this conversation.
Roger A. Shrubber
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what a fucking prophetic job for you to have....all that effort to get nowhere
Roger A. Shrubber
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clarify please...what government function are you trying to illustrate? the collection of taxes?....¿
Rob Roy
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Why are you using euphemistic words for an action that they do, when the word would be theft if you or I did it ?
Rob Roy
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That was a joke. Several years back that was an Uncle Buck line.
srh88
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Weve been through this too many times.. Roads.. Hospitals.. Fire department.. All things im glad taxes go to that shouldnt be ran by private companies
Rob Roy
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So as long as people spend the money on things you like, you don't care how the money was obtained?
Are you saying without theft, that roads and hospitals couldn't exist ?
UncleBuck
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The money is obtained from people who voluntarily signed a w4
srh88
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Its not theft. If you have a job you signed a 1099 or w2/w4. If you own a house you agreed to the taxes in your area. So how are you being robbed if you agreed to it