Ivanka Trump Castigates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over Green New Deal
First daughter and White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump has hit out at Democratic U.S. House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal of a guaranteed minimum wage, saying it goes against the will of the majority of Americans. In a Fox News interview, Trump said that ‘most Americans’ want jobs and opportunities to move up the economic ladder:
“I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something. I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last 4 years. People want to work for what they get. So, I think that this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want. They want the ability to be able to secure a job. They want the ability to live in a country where’s there’s the potential for upward mobility.”
Ivanka Trump Says Market Forces, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Government Intervention
Previous public comments made by Ivanka suggest that she believes market forces should be left to determine wages. In the recent past, she has championed upgrading skills as a way of enhancing workers’ competitiveness and wages:
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