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ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ RESPONDS TO SANDERS CRITICISM ON 'THE VIEW'

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 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez On The View Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responds to criticism that Sanders' policies are too radical. The congresswoman says Sen. Sanders inspired her to run for office and explains why she’s endorsing him: “We want to talk about health care... a living wage... women’s rights... he did this when it was least convenient.” “He was fighting for these things since before I was even born,” she adds. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says to the co-hosts that “Our entire political system revolves, frankly, around rich men, and rich men are not the center of my universe. Working families are.” “We are not a moment that is disconnected from our past,” she says to Whoopi Goldberg on the progress made by previous generations. “We are part of a long movement of ancestors and elders that we should always acknowledge.” “The majority of Americans would vote for Bernie Sanders and that’s because of his record,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says when asked if Democr...

MCDONALDS EMPLOYEES SENT FOR FOOD STAMPS

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**** SHAME ON YOU **** McDonalds Sends Employee For Medicaid & Food Stamps McDonald’s knows they don’t pay their employees enough to get by. Everyone knows that by now. But, I’ll bet you’d never guess what they said to full time ten year McDonald employee Nancy Salgado, when she called the employee “help line". Nancy said, "You see, my family rations our food each month, my heating bill is skyrocketing now that it’s fall, and I can’t afford to take my kids to the doctor. So when I heard about the employee help line, I called." The McResource line was very polite to Nancy, they asked her to hang on so they could get her the Food Stamp and Medicaid numbers in Chicago. This is what Americans pay for. We pay for the low wages these fast food restaurants have, by having to shell out for Food Stamps and Medicaid. Employees like Nancy, who work hard for years with these companies are never paid a living wage. The McResource line also told her ...