Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will pay every staffer a living wage, ending the longstanding practice of Congressional staffers taking second jobs

[AndreStmaur]

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@Snork

No one ever became more competent by being paid more. All higher pay gets you is less laziness.

Higher pay means:

• can afford a car, or at least a taxi, to get to work instead of wasting hours on public transportation;
• can afford healthier food;
• can afford good child care/schools/after school programs so concern about children is lessened;
• can afford health care, including preventative care;
• can afford to live in a safer neighborhood;
• can afford to pay for cleaners, etc. instead of spending hours on drudgery and upkeep;
• can afford to be less stressed all the time about financial concerns.

I would like to correct the parts I highlighted…

Higher pay for all correlates with less inequality and, as a consequence, means that
Can afford a car → higher pay means that public transport will be faster than cars (as it often is in Europe and Asia)
Healthy food → higher pay translate into better control of food products and generally healthier population
Child care → higher pay often translate into public child care for all
Health care → higher pay correlates with public health care, generally lower price for health care and better health overall
Safety → higher pay is correlated with less crime overall.