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Saturday, December 8, 2018

Club For the Galacticly Stupid: Rep-Elect Ocasio-Cortez proves Mark Twain's quip

By Geoffrey P. Hunt December 7, 2018

Numerous reports have accompanied O-C's tweet whereby she will pay her interns $15 an hour..........Personnel expenses for each member – salaries and stipends – allowed by congressional rules are pegged at $945,000, with office expenses and travel, communications, and security constituting the remainder. Any U.S. House rep can spend the $1.3 mil in any manner he chooses, but full-time staff head count cannot exceed 18.  Ergo, O-C can pay interns $100 an hour or more, while reducing salaries for full-timers, or leave full-time slots empty, or reduce non-personnel expense allowances, as long as she stays within the $1.3 mil..............

Newly minted Dem congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez once more validated Mark Twain's (Puddin'head Wilson) quip, "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself."...........Read more


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