Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to pay her interns $15 per hour

Well bless her little ignorant heart. Alexandria O-C announced today that she was going to pay her interns $15 per hour! This, I'm sure, you are aware is designed in part to be part of her push for a federally mandated $15 per hour minimum wage. But, the devil is in the details:

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/...ns-15-per-hour

Quote:

Newly-elected New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced she will pay her interns $15 per hour, in what she calls an effort to “walk the walk” and have her policies match her political viewpoints.

But, here is the kicker:

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A 2017 study by an advocacy group called Pay Our Interns found that 51 percent of Senate Republicans offered paid internships, compared with 31 percent of Democrats. Meanwhile, young staffers in the House of Representatives had dismal pay prospects: Only 8 percent of Republicans – or 19 of 238 – paid interns, while 3.6 percent of Democrats, or 7 of 193, did so.

And.....

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A list of who was not paying young staffers included lawmakers like California Sen. Kamala Harris, Virginia Democrat Mark Warner and New York Democrat Chuck Schumer – all of whom have voiced support for raising the federal minimum wage.

And here is the link to the "who pays" report:

http://payourinterns.com/wp-content/...ernsreport.pdf

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to pay her interns $15 per hour