I figured I'd get this in here to save Crimson the trouble of creating another thread. AOC's latest tweet this morning is the following.

"Croissants at La Guardia are going for SEVEN DOLLARS A PIECE (hands on face emoji)"

Imagine what a full croissant would cost instead of just a piece of one.

Oh, probably should include her entire tweet.

Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive??

That's the second part of it after complaining about the cost of the croissant.

LOL. The croissants would increase in cost a lot. Airport retail tends to be a little pricey for some things. Also what is so hard about packing some food from home, much less costly.

I know the guy who runs the company that owns the food concession business at 49 of the countries' top 50 airports. The only airport his company refuses to deal with is La Guardia because it's such a dump (in his words).

(04-01-2019 01:37 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  LOL. The croissants would increase in cost a lot. Airport retail tends to be a little pricey for some things. Also what is so hard about packing some food from home, much less costly.

There was a tweet replying to AOC that minimum wage at La Guardia was $19/hr. Don't know if that is accurate or not.

If you had the skills to create a $7 croissant, you would have no problem earning $15 per hour. So maybe go get some skilz and learn how to bake a croissant.

(04-01-2019 01:49 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I know the guy who runs the company that owns the food concession business at 49 of the countries' top 50 airports. The only airport his company refuses to deal with is La Guardia because it's such a dump (in his words).

Been through there a few times. It isn't fancy that is for sure.

(04-01-2019 01:49 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I know the guy who runs the company that owns the food concession business at 49 of the countries' top 50 airports. The only airport his company refuses to deal with is La Guardia because it's such a dump (in his words).

It's a dump, but it's not the worst to go through. Convenience to mid-town outweighs the age and general ****** attitude everybody there has if you are going to Manhattan. Last I was there (few years ago) it was a $13 train ride to penn station.

(04-01-2019 01:28 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Oh, probably should include her entire tweet.

Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive??

That's the second part of it after complaining about the cost of the croissant.

Wow... talk about being an elitist. Let them eat cake! Who regularly goes to La Guardia for Croissant?

Good to know she is working on behalf of all those that have suffered greatly by being exposed to overpriced croissants. She is truly a warrior for the average person.

Quote:WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez turned an overpriced croissant into a lesson on the minimum wage.

“Croissants at LaGuardia are going for SEVEN DOLLARS A PIECE,” the New York Democrat tweeted Monday morning. “Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive??”

She said her point wasn’t that the croissant cost too much.

“GOP taking every tweet so earnestly, making my point for me. It’s not an argument against the price of the croissant – it’s about the value of human worth,” she continued. “But I guess the idea is foreign to them since their policies treat people as disposable anyway.”

When AOC ran for Congress last year, she supported a $15-an-hour minimum wage, as well as a federal jobs guarantee.

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(04-01-2019 01:57 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  She said her point wasn’t that the croissant cost too much.

“GOP taking every tweet so earnestly, making my point for me. It’s not an argument against the price of the croissant – it’s about the value of human worth,” she continued. “But I guess the idea is foreign to them since their policies treat people as disposable anyway.”

This is such a stupid response

a) so we shouldn't take it earnestly?
b) how does someone taking it earnestly make your point?
c) how does using the cost of one of the most expensive 'widgets' around an example of 'the value of human worth' ?

It's clearly the value of OVERPRICED worth

d) her 'guess' just shows how vapid and politically shallow she is. People aren't disposable, but Croissants are... especially $7 croissants. I can also do without Starbucks coffee opting instead for diner or gas station coffee, or even make it at home.....

So let me ask you (her) a question....

Is eating that Croissant worth 30 minutes of your labor? It sure wouldn't be to me.

Like the croissant at Laguardia, there are times and places where the costs and wages are justified... but unless she plans on increasing the cost of a croissant in Queens (or Bugtussle) to the same $7, then WHATEVER her point is, is pointless.

(04-01-2019 01:52 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  If you had the skills to create a $7 croissant, you would have no problem earning $15 per hour. So maybe go get some skilz and learn how to bake a croissant.

Learn to code.

What would be way more amusing is to enumerate the tax costs hidden in the $7.

Federal government tax. NY state tax. NYC tax. NY port authority tax. Airport tax. Hospitality tax. Sales tax. That's just what is directly potentially facing the consumer. Now let's include tax overhead the company selling the croissant has as well: Corporate Tax. Federal Income Tax. State Income Tax. City Income Tax (welcome to NYC!). ObamaCare Tax. Business property tax. Airport tax. NY port authority tax. Licensing and regulatory costs. Mandatory minimum liability insurance.

How does it cost $7? How does it not cost $700?

(04-01-2019 02:07 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  What would be way more amusing is to enumerate the tax costs hidden in the $7.

Federal government tax. NY state tax. NYC tax. NY port authority tax. Airport tax. Hospitality tax. Sales tax. That's just what is directly potentially facing the consumer. Now let's include tax overhead the company selling the croissant has as well: Corporate Tax. Federal Income Tax. State Income Tax. City Income Tax (welcome to NYC!). ObamaCare Tax. Business property tax. Airport tax. NY port authority tax. Licensing and regulatory costs. Mandatory minimum liability insurance.

How does it cost $7? How does it not cost $700?

And rent for the retail space in the Airport.

When I saw that headline, I honestly expected it to be an April Fools Day joke. Sadly, she is a joke everyday of the year.

(04-01-2019 02:07 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  What would be way more amusing is to enumerate the tax costs hidden in the $7.

Federal government tax. NY state tax. NYC tax. NY port authority tax. Airport tax. Hospitality tax. Sales tax. That's just what is directly potentially facing the consumer. Now let's include tax overhead the company selling the croissant has as well: Corporate Tax. Federal Income Tax. State Income Tax. City Income Tax (welcome to NYC!). ObamaCare Tax. Business property tax. Airport tax. NY port authority tax. Licensing and regulatory costs. Mandatory minimum liability insurance.

How does it cost $7? How does it not cost $700?

Are you including bribes under "regulatory costs?"

Well,it's a croissant and an airport, so it's gonna be expensive. This is like complaining about beer prices at a NFL/NBA stadium/arena. It's just a known fact that stuff is going to be more expensive than say at the local grocery store. Not sure what any of that has to do with minimum wage though.

(04-01-2019 01:56 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 01:28 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Oh, probably should include her entire tweet.

Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive??

That's the second part of it after complaining about the cost of the croissant.

Wow... talk about being an elitist. Let them eat cake! Who regularly goes to La Guardia for Croissant?

who??? whackjobbers.....that's who...

(04-01-2019 02:53 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Well,it's a croissant and an airport, so it's gonna be expensive. This is like complaining about beer prices at a NFL/NBA stadium/arena. It's just a known fact that stuff is going to be more expensive than say at the local grocery store. Not sure what any of that has to do with minimum wage though.

@XACLY!

Again, if you have to resort to comparing an obviously grossly over-priced item to the 'minimum wage', then you've clearly missed the mark.

That's like saying I saw a car for sale yesterday for $140,000. How is someone who earns $10/hr going to be able to afford that?

The minimum wage is for people and jobs with minimal skills. If you have greater skills but can't find a job to pay you your worth, then the problem isn't the minimum wage, but the economy... at least for your skills.



Here is the really funny thing....

It's $3,000+ for a 1br apt in SF, and that's not a good apartment...
Typically you need to make at least double that. So someone whose skills only get them a minimal job should earn $72,000 in SF under 'their' logic.