Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grills Military Contractor for Wasting Tax Dollars | NowThis
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2019
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez directly confronted this military contractor for taking huge profit margins at the expense of American taxpayers.
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In US news, self-described Democratic socialist Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez stood up to a military contractor from the Transdigm Group over tax dollars wasted funding his company. Like her challenges to big pharma before this, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, green new deal proponent, argued for the American taxpayers and proper use of our tax dollars. If you've come to see Ocasio-Cortez dancing around the hard issues, you're in the wrong place.
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Republican or Democrat I don't care as long as we get this egregious criminal spending solved, I'm in. That is OUR money.
Sounds like a supply officer needs better training. The rich guy is right. You don't have to buy from them.
Salty Corpsman of course you dont have to buy from them but i bet you, with the few alternatives, there is collusion and they will be just as expensive. So much for free market capitalism
Don’t want to give her the credit huh?
Mr.Whaler so because they eradicated pirates it is now play for them to gouge the public out of their money?
@@ivancervera3360 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has no idea what she is talking about. I dont know of any manufacturing company that would take this job for her price, how dumb can she be and all of yall who blindly agrees with her. this girls is a joke, the same as my PM trudeau, drama teacher and waitress trying to do politics
AOC just got the pentagon 16 million dollars back. That’s honestly amazing
It'll be more amazing if someone in the Pentagon is held responsible for this.
@@RangKlos oh no, we don't do responsible any longer. 'murica
No it's not! 16 million compared to the 21 trillion missing, give me a break. This will be useful as a publicity stunt and tax rebate. Even paid straight out 16 million is nothing to them. If this is her legacy a second term is unlikely.
She is amazing, but the pentagon will blow that money on a "bullet" they invent at a luxury golf course.
Willy Wood are you blaming her for “21 trillion missing” ? Where did you get the 21 trillion number? You’re free to think she won’t get another term - but I’ll respectfully disagree with you there.
Look how arrogant the guy is when answering the question. "The government has a choice". Shut these parasitic sociopathic companies and individuals DOWN!!!👎
Fat parasites to be more specific
Not saying they charged the correct amount, but the high price could very well come from having to cover large overhead as a result of research and development needed to design the product. No one ever talks about that part, just the final manufacturing cost after who knows how many years of developing, testing, and improving the said product. Don't take clearly biased and uninformative youtube clips as your primary source of information, please
That guy reminds me of Tony's corrupt uncle in Iron Man 1. Looks and sounds quite the same :P
Kirk Spinelli Seems like Howley would have been the one to talk about the things you mentioned. And did he?
ermii that would have gone right over her head. I mean he might of, but this RUclips channel definitely would have cut that part out lol.
I’m no scientist but this dudes a corporate con man 😂
The government RT.
Not really, the overhead costs to design these are actually pretty high.
@@seanl764 no theyre really not.
"it's the government's fault we're ripping you off"
Corrupt gop and 'centrist' dem politicians in the government
@@thricefan89 Got that right. If America wants to be great again, specially after this debacle of an administration, they have to vote in new blood like AOC. The GOP and the establishment dems are just too cmplacent, and that has led to US politics stagnation.
And there is some truth in that. The government didn't have to pay that price, but they did. Instead of cutting waste, the GOP wants to take away "entitlements", like food and healthcare for the poor, and the older generations of dems never took any initiative to fixing these problems. I really wish we had more AOC's
That was his argument....
Ikr what a response
She got a 16 million dollar refund... Amazing... AOC is not playing...
She legitimately is for the people. Meanwhile almost every other politician completely overlooked the subject.
So tell me where the refund money is going? Does anyone sell anything at cost? Yes businesses that go out of business.
Steve Curran it costs them 32 to make. They should be selling them at 149 not 2000. They have money and can make it but they get greedy! And as a result these happens
@@stevecurran7373 At cost? What are you a moron? I tell you what! I got a pristine xBox 360 that I can sell you for $165,000 USD. I know the profit might be a bit steep but hey I have to make a small dividend out of the sale lol... Where can I find clients like that?
@@xLORDFREDOMx My point exactly. Make 150% profit but not 3000% WTF is that. I wonder who signed that purchase order. I bet you he got a nice gift for the effort.
ugh, Im from the Philippines and discovered AOC just few days ago and I find myself bingeing on her videos. I adore her. real savage
Yeah not just about the savageness but she seems to really care dor america future and i hardly able to find politician like her .
Go back to the Filipines.
@@josecarranza7555 This is the internet not some countries bruuuh
@@makoto-kun5129 She said she’s from the Filipines. She’s in the U.S.
@@josecarranza7555 The Filipines isn’t a country.
Many hands were greased on that deal. Follow the paper trail to all of them!
FordAngelo J they day these people actually do some real time for ripping off American tax payers will be a celebration or a guillotine.
Yes! Examine all spending waste!
Isn't that what the dumpster in chief promised to do? Because he was such a sharp businessman? He was going to cut wasteful spending and drain the swamp. Maybe I heard wrong.
Yup like the senate and congress getting paid to much
@@MicheleEngel no he only cuts programs that help the people, see health care, environmental protection regulations, some welfare programs, social security if democrats can do what this woman does in their campaigns by creating task force to inspect prices of these big government contractors with real market price, they can win elections easily, this is amazing.
I'm not a progressive, but I agree let's stop wasting tax dollars
There's nothing political about not wasting money.
@Abdulgani Ali no. I'm a moderate on social policy, lean conservative on fiscal issues
@@JS-ys2uk Moderate thats a person not willing to support either - we call that fence sitter.......otherwise known as an EGG - if you get my drift, EGG
@@Sanstorm210 Quit trying to polarize people. let people believe what they want.
Not saying they charged the correct amount, but the high price could very well come from having to cover large overhead as a result of research and development needed to design the product. No one ever talks about that part, just the final manufacturing cost after who knows how many years of developing, testing, and improving said product. Don't take clearly biased and uninformative youtube clips as your primary source of information please
Wow!! No wonder they don't like her. I LOVE HER!! Way to go girl 💪 💪 💪 👏 👏!!
This happens all across the government. This is not exclusive to the military. She wants to grow government exponentially which will multiply the cases of fraud, waste and abuse.
I agree but cringe
She’s dumb
@BiteSized I don't think it was intelligent, and the responses she got proved so. If the government spends the money, they have made the choice to... How on earth are we blaming the manufacturer?
Imagine being in dire need of Milk, so you run to the convenience store just down a block, pay $7 for a gallon, only to find out hours later that the block over had it for $3 a gallon. Do you blame the convenience store owner?
@@BlondieACM 👄For price gouging...yes!!!
She's my all time role model!! Hands D O W N!!! You go girl!!!!
But are you as hot 🔥 as her? 😍😍
Heard of Katie Porter?
@@nd-rt7dl shes purdy
Her looks don't outweigh her stupidity.
@iori1391 Typical liberal respond, no one agrees with you so they are racist.
Navy vet; honestly, if you could see the level of blatantly irresponsible spending the military pays these contracting firms and companies, people would probably lose their minds. Most of the military spending goes toward paying these contractors.
This made me realize that the military budget is likely, at least, 10x bigger than it should be. That's billions of dollars that could have been used better in social services... including the services used to help vets after a military career.
A fellow Veteran, U.S. Army here, I've been waiting decades for this issue to finally be addressed. I served overseas and stateside. Germany was my first. Couldn't believe the price of a screwdriver and hammer. AOC hit it on the head. Having 4 daughter's 1 of them is diabetic, type 1, so I understand why she is doing this. She has done her homework. Kinda like in that movie "Dave" with Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. My oldest friend ( over 40 years) was on the USS Cole when it was attacked by terrorists. He survived it, luckily he was further away from the explosion. I was furious about it. He told me about it when he got out. As always, to my brothers and sisters , I salute you!!!
@@johntruesdale387 and K.M. Thank you for your service and your insight. I wish our government would spend less money on these corrupt contracts and more on treating you right.
@@laurent1144 THANK YOU Lauren! I don't comment for ego or a pat on the back. I like to learn from others as well give knowledge back. I have a son-in-law who is also a Army Veteran. Good guy and supporting and loves my daughter(the diabetic) through her health issues( gastroperises for one). I'm proud to have served my Country, my fellow Americans, my community and family. Integrity, Dignity and Honor in everything I did and still do.
Thank you I keep telling people the budgeting for so called defense is for the contractors not the men and women in uniform. It’s sickening
Keep pointing out the BS.
How do you plebs not realize reading a script does nothing?
Tom Riddle you would protect the ones that are not protecting you, huh?
@@user-os7qq9xk4o at least she was right this time, even if its its someone else work.
Finally she supports a feee market, funny its only when it makes her look good that she admits its benefits.
Don't let me down........Brrrrrrrruuuuuuuce.
Great job. Howey’s response, the government can choose not to deal with us, and, we deliver the product on time. How does that justify a 4400% markup? This jerk isn’t even embarrassed.
Because no one else is making the products he is. It is a competitive market and you sell at market value. Once competitors come in due to this proven market value , it will go down. This is still a perfect market situation because there's no competitors yet that can compete with this guys product. If it's so profitable, why dont you do it?
@@wertiaaudit5746 you misspelled "monopoly"
She should see how much the military pays for recruitment offices in malls?
@Shaun Fleming Let's think about the so- called wall 💰money... Thank you AOC...👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@Shaun Fleming She's handling her business on a couple of committees. We need more AOCs looking into spending. She has an incredible staff too. They get it. She's just doing her job. She's not perfect, but she is trying to perfect some of the flaws in our government. You seem to be involved. Contact your Representatives and voice your concerns. It takes a village approach to insure that our government works for us. ❤🙏 Praying for our Nation.
@Shaun Fleming You said, "people don't care". We ARE the PEOPLE! If your Representatives are NOT responding to your calls and emails regarding wasteful government spending, use the power of VOTE and VOTE for the opponent in the next election. Talk to your neighbors and friends that live in your district. Voice your concerns regarding wasteful government spending. Encourage them to VOTE for people who represent their/your concerns. VOTE 2020.
PS: Don't get 😩 weary, keep writing and keep calling until you're on their radar.
🙏 Praying for our Nation.
@@ifegreen5417 yeah good idea was your concern to the next selection why we get ripped off billions of dollars in the meantime and that mine is not returned to the taxpayers.
@Shaun Fleming Yeah I wonder how much insulin you could buy with all that money wasted. I bet it's a lot more insulin than the 3" disk money wasted!
I love this, breaking everything down to the numbers. Can't argue with that.
I bet Israel and Zionists lobbyists are behind most of these contracts.
You'll be obsessed with Andrew Yang then
s0fa there are some rather significant details missing here as far as numbers go. Such as, what is the R&D history up to beta testing, what is it FOR?, will it cost lives if it fails. I’ve worked on aircraft support equipment in the Air Force and a .19 cent part failing can mean an aircraft couldn’t take off right now. There’s a story behind everything like the navy paying thousands of dollars for a toilet seat. That specific seat was a test run for a one off plastic material, if the material held up to submarine conditions it could be applied to other instrumentation on the sub. Yes they gave money back but will a cheap part fail in the worst situation possible? When you absolutely know the track record of proven parts they actually are worth their weight in gold.
@@nasnus999 all propped up by tantrum trumpy
@@skeezix8156 No, a margin that big is never justified. It's only possible if the company dominates the market and can charge whatever it wants. Which is by the way only possible, because governments give patents and allow for limited form of monopoly to exist (e.g. Google's search engine). That's why we have anti-trust laws. In a truely competitive market companies compete by lowering their prices and usually ends up by pricing at double its cost. So that thing should have been around 70-80 dollars in price.
edit: spelling
Man that is one skilled representative. Taking on the military industrial complex ,while trumpeting Medicare for all. Gotta love it.
Amazon can pay for there own business they don't need public money.
Erin B Yeah poor Amazon, where could they get the money to pay a living wage to anyone?
tim ahlf they weren't getting money. It was a tax break if they provided a certain amount of jobs that would of generated more tax revenue than the tax break they were getting. It would of also generated more local/construction jobs.
How much is amazon worth?
@@timahlf694 not more than the revenue that would of came in if they built their headquarters in New York. "Worth" and "revenue" are two different things.
She's got more balls than all the males in this room. You go girl!
You got that from a four minute clip of just her speaking? I’m pretty sure she wasn’t the only one asking questions at a congressional hearing.
If she has any balls, she should be a he!
Stfu
She's an actress dummy
@@collinwalter1006okay so what?
Cough cough, the Air Force bought lots of coffee mugs that costs $1,300 each.
I wouldnt be surpised
Source?
WHAT?
So then who pockets the money?
bro this surprised me so much i liked unliked and liked again
This is why people retire from the military and become government contractors because all prices are inflated. Go take a look at GSA/servmart next and how much they inflate their prices...
But what you do about it?.
@@DanielField2023 Obviously, AOC would rather give the money to Healthcare contractors. Hello $500 per band aid.
It’s bad, I’ve seen it while I was in the AF but the military is just as much to blame in accepting these bloated contracts as the companies that sell to them. Theres corruption on both ends.
$10 bucks for a nut and bolt you can get at HD for a $1... I’m not kidding
@@schris413 It seems you do not understand how single-payer healthcare works.
But we can't have universal healthcare or free college...🙄🙄😒😒 If we looked in detail where are tax money is going, we could do everything this country needs to be doing!!!!
We could actually do something about but we afraid to use our power or we don’t know how to say no to a government anymore
Sorry. Hate to burst your bubble, but universal healthcare is still a poorly designed plan en mass. And no, college should not be free. Should it be overpriced? That's a different debate altogether. But no, college should not be free
Estevan De La Rosa mmm school is pretty much free up to high school that about 18 years of schooling free graduates become adults and before they get a real job they have debt waiting on them for a piece of paper that doesn’t promise them a job.
Estevan De La Rosa maybe all of it shouldn’t be free maybe have a lil fee for attending a college but after should be free
Forever Family if you only go to college to get a certificate, you are doing it wrong. You go to college for knowledge(fundamentals), networking, easier internships, and sometimes because you need to (medicine, engineering, or law jobs). College campuses are larger than schools and have expensive equipment. Lecturers are also paid much higher than highscool teachers(obviously, as they need higher qualifications) with some getting 6 figure salaries. These are only some of the reasons you shouldnt compare price of schools and colleges
Now imagine a house of representatives full of people like her. Wouldn't that be great?
No
If everyone was the same it would swing to one side and allow for a certain class to dominant. Unless of course everyone was the same everywhere with the same thoughts and experiences.
@@wertiaaudit5746 If bad stuff needs to happen then why not have a House of Representatives full of the same kind of people, letting the good stuff happen afterwards? Lol
@@wertiaaudit5746 I think they mean people who aren’t white. And I honestly I can’t disagree bc how long have white men been solely incharge? We’ve had it the other way around, more diversity leads to more change and progress. And if you’re gonna get mad at me I don’t mean there shouldn’t be any white ppl but I would 100% love for there to be more women and more poc that are qualified
God, please no.
*Im really impressed with this young lady... She’s not afraid to ask tough questions.* *You go girl!*
tough question to ask, but she is a bit lost it seems... she lives in the capital world and doesn't understand the first thing about! If they have to pay, they have to pay, that's how it works... She shouldn't be upset at someone else, rather upset with the administrative rep who made the deal (+ likely a large kickback/bonus from it, too).
@@BlondieACM her being upset got back $16millions.. not sure why you think she is lost and why u know better.
Like what color nail polish to get when you're protesting.
Gross mismanagement of public funds by the military industrial complex
Yep, and this is where you will find buckets of fraud and mismanagement of funds and programs but republicans and some dems will instead trey to say that we have to go after social programs which are tiny drops in the bucket.
Let the 2019 Audit Games Begin!
@Ken MacDonald If the government spent money efficiently, there would be enough to fund every social program and military, and probably pay off our deficit in a couple years.
Gross mismanagement of publc funds by THE ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Don't be naïve. This is why adding to the size of the government is a stupid way to fix any problems we have. Fix the mismanagement first.
Yep and you only got the Democrats to thank for that
yeezy...i think you mean gross mismanagement of public funds by the government. the industrial complex is not charged with managing public finance.
I'm glad someone is finally holding the corrupt accountable
yeah whoda thought it was that easy.
Bernie was almost all alone for decades, although there have been some such as Dennis Kucinich, but now he has a small army of support with people like AOC and others. Let's make sure that army grows in 2020, 2022 and 2024 by replacing all Republicans and corporate Democrats with people of their caliber.
AOC isn’t corrupt ?
That's why Fox News hates her and is obsessed with her.
@@brandonsmith3926 You have any serious proof, other than what Fake News feeds you?
No other Congressperson has the balls to stand up to the Military /Industrial Complex . 😊
Balls are fragile and soft. She ain't none of that. If anything, she's the other. Far and away the tougher of the genitals. 😂
There is no congressperson with balls, otherwise, elderly politicians would've long ago lost an election for standing up for what they believe in even if they knew that they'd lose as a result of putting the public good before themselves or the party.
That's what happens when you don't have to take their money.
She’s stupid
I am behind her 100%, but Khanna led this effort. Ocasio was part of the oversight committee that did the questioning/research. There were more than just her involved. You're only seeing her clips.
DAM GIRL, IM GOING TO TAKE BACK MY PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS. NEED TO TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT YOU. LIKE THIS ONE.
Why do you think this activity is exclusive to the military? It happens throughout the federal government, which she wants to grow.
Anti-trust laws. We need them enacted. We need lobbying to be made illegal. We need the corrupt officials out of government, and laws keeping them from returning
And public funded elections. No private interest money in politics at all.
Sideways N yes the dems will be taking that up this week.
This is what representative government should look like.
tmania - You mean you WANT total idiots to represent us?!?!?
@@Woozler554 wtf do you provide to the world besides ignorance?
@@onetruebob_tj- Any supporter of Ocasio-Cortez is in absolutely no position to denigrate another person's intelligence. This woman's stupidity knows no bounds, and neither does yours, apparently. You both have the mentality of a garbage disposal (get it?).
@@Woozler554 not idiotic yes men like you
@@cesarmartinez4029- Up yours, pal. Open your mouth again, and I'll call the INS on you.
Why are we grilling the company, and not the people who chose (got their back scratched) to buy from this company when there were likely other competitors?
SprayEndPray - she is pointing the economy out. There were likely other competitors, but they still didn’t have much choice...there must be some reason why they didn’t choose them. Maybe they were just as expensive or lower quality- the point is: the company was profiting on the fact that the gov. had little options and not much of a choice.
There's always another choice, including the choice not to buy at all. The problem is not just with the sellers, it's mostly with the buyers. Something like this always stinks to high heaven of kickback.
@@kyleromus6845 that's what I'm saying. There had to have been other choices. Not just one company makes clutches. Granted they charged them what a racing team would pay for a few high performance clutches instead of a high end truck like it should have been. But surely there were more options. Agreed it reakes of back scratching.
Because she works for the same employer that made the purchase.
Because companies are the easy target.
Wow.. I, for the first time agree with AOC. I AM WILLING TO LISTEN TO REASON. Good for you AOC!
Lol another aoc supporter lol no wonder stupidity elected her
I love when AOC questions people like this. She is so clearly thoughtful. That man’s answer was bogus. It was wonderful hearing her call him out.
It is a script, that she did not write.
I cringe every time I see her do this. She is the least informed member of the House and the most vocal. She could do great things if she would just educate herself about the case before berating these company leaders. There’s a lot more to the story than the obvious points she is making.
@@ranz2355 ok explain the situation. Oh wait you can't. Lmfao.
@@not6709 who cares you do realize even the president doesn't write speeches lol it's government it's her team and she is doing good for this country! The military industrial complex private contractors have been ripping us off for years but all you her is how un patriotic it is to cut military;! Stupid fools that believe the military gets that money NO it lines the pockets of these companies.
Warren Pacholzuk On the surface $1,000 for a part that looks like a similar part that Autozone might sell for $32 would be criminal.
Government contractors are held to a higher standard than a company that just sells to the public. Their facilities often have to pay federal inspectors that are assigned full time to the factory. Third party testing companies often must be hired to put parts through rigorous inspections. They must carry higher than normal levels of insurance and bonds. The paperwork and documentation necessary is enormous and expensive.
In the early years of my career I worked for an independent testing company that ensured products the government bought met exacting standards. We tested rubber bands...rubber bands used in clerical situations, not something that was going to be used on the space shuttle, these were in an office holding rolled up papers. We also tested fuel pumps for F-16 fighter jets to make sure they lasted a minimum number of hours and while in any position.
That’s just a few of the reasons there isn’t as much competition amongst contractors and suppliers.
I seen and heard it on ships I worked on. The Navy was upset that they spent alot of money but ships we're not up to par. So she is dead on
Maybe that money was moved into DNC controlled accounts? Like AOC. She got rich but by what 💸 flow? Ask Coney he said his plan was to win big for democrats to cover his Obama years? He needed the dems to win big in the midterms and hides under GOP registration.
This is the first time I’ve actually thought ‘nice one - AOC!’ --- SHOCKINGLY!
Boyd AGREE
You should look at what AOC does, rather than the right-wing impression of what she does.
then u should actually watch more of her.
A single company, 16 million dollars returned. Imagined if we held every company up like this and forced them to stop taking tax dollars when there is no need. Then tax the wealthy more, stop spending nearing a quadrillion dollars on the military on a 10 year span, then do other tax things such as putting more taxes on wall street. That right there would be plenty of money for a public healthcare system. Keep it up AOC. You have my vote for president.
It's always profits over people when it comes to paying for the Military Industrial Complex.
Michael bagley well tbh to them, you are worth maybe a penny, and those disc are with like 30 percent commission. In the end, those discs sold will make them more money then you or I ever will
2019: $1,500 disk
2022: $500 bandaid
Companies have been price gouging from the beginning! And government has aloud it to happen. When I was in purchasing we had to look for the lowest cost of Quality manufacture items.
I love this woman ❤️
I don’t agree with her political agendas BUT I can always respect when a person does something right ! She did right here !! And I applaud that 👍
Political differences seem small when you see people working to actively fight corruption, increase prosperity and improve their community. If everyone did that and just left each other alone to practice what they wanted, politics would be solved.
@@HelicopterShownUpthere's a lot of money being made with political chaos. She's got an uphill battle all the way. Hopefully she'll get all the support she needs and more.
She is like an auditor. Great job well done.
Wow job well done. While we all know there's a lot of government waste there are bigger fish to fry. Wow job well done. Well we all know there's a lot of government waste there a bigger fish to fry. this is small potatoes. What doesn't she talk about her open borders policy, and letting all these illegal immigrants come into the tune of 250 billion dollars a year just to take care of them. How much insulin would that buy how much tuition would that pay for?? At least these contractors have to spend money on research and development for the protection of our nation. What do all these illegals have to offer besides taking jobs and costing us billions and billions of dollars a year. Again this idiots Way Off the Mark
When Alexandra Cortez first appeared on the scene, Faux NEWS had a hay day with her with their usual snide remarks and hateful comments. Then the blue wave came, and she got elected !
Now they're eating crow, because these chickens have come home to roost !
This young lady is phenomenal !
@@jeffreyhagelin6047 so phenomenal, she can't even accept a debate with even person with a half a brain. Eating crow, more like she's a chicken😂
Yeah exactly! If by auditor you mean uneducated person parroting from a script.
@@quicksylver5684 Awwww! Won't AOC allow some rightwing tool to ride her coattails to make a name for himself? Whoever the clown is you think should be allowed to use AOC's status to lift his own nobody status, remember - you guys are Incels. NO woman wants to hear you cry.
I know theres some ideology differences between republicans and democrats but i dont know how any republican can see this video and put down this woman for what she is doing. Politics aside i dont think anyone can disagree that this type of price gouging needs to be looked at
That isn't what Republicans put her down for... We put her down for wanting to impose socialist ideology on to our country founded by capitalism. That's why.
I agree and I hate this woman. I will give credit here and hope she does more of the same in the future.
@@thebadguy616 , we have a mixed economy.
The Bad Guy Republicans are "putting her down for socialist ideology" - like the government forcing everyone to pay hundreds of billions to bail out rich, reckless fuckwad bankers who bankrupted themselves? Or bailing out giant auto companies "because they're too big to fail"?
Seems to me Republicans love socialism when it suits rich people and big companies.
@@Syclone0044 Obama was in office for the bailouts dude.
This woman is no joke. She can rip anybody apart , just when she got significant amount of evidence and argument. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 That's honesty i wish everyone should have in that room .
We need more AOC's in government. We need to get rid of these folks who are just there for personal financial gain. This is what I expect from someone serving in government.
Imagine being in a relationship with her & getting into an argument. I’m sure she’d win everytime😆
Delphine Edayan It's not difficult to win an argument when the facts are on your side.
I dont think you've seen much of her. She was fine here but most of her debates she seems like a teenager who has all the answers arguing with the principal. Half the time she doesnt even understand the laws shes arguing for/against.
Id let her win everytime.
Not with Mr. Homan! He shuts her down every time
Yah no Aoc is pretty bad most of the time. She got it right this time tho. Although she talks about competitive market like she really supports the free market.
Here is a true servant of the people for a change.
FACTZ
Facts!
I had to look up FACTZ. 'FACT BUT COOLER'
It's just street slang
@88Gibson LesPaul haha good one.
Just wow. Doesn't matter which party /tribe you think you belong too. This woman is actually fighting for you.
i live in Morocco and even I feel like she's fighting for everyone lol you guys are lucky
Lord Cthulhu And how!!!!
Not if you're a billionaire. They call the shots.
jonathan, you bring up a good point, it's not left vs right it's top vs bottom. and she is fighting for the underdog. i hope she teaches them rich guys so bad they barely even notice( if she takes 2 or 3 % from the billionaires we could redo some infrastructure)
bob starr envy is not a virtue
I don't know about you but I'm glad she's in office
Jeff Bridges did an excellent job playing him in Iron Man 1.
AOC rocks. If she keeps this up, she could end up having enough to fund a good portion of Medicare for All. You go, girl!!! AOC 2024
YES!
If she keeps this up she might wake up dead one of these days, God forbid that happens, but it's the truth.
@Mary Wilson - Medicaid / Medicare is only a 1.5% slice of tax. Zero-tax nations such as Monaco could implement Medicare I.e. free hospitals and free medicines, via raising tax from 0% to 1.5%, over there. For people in the U.S. on a $100,000 per year income, paying 20% tax, it's the other 18.5% which is of more concern. For example... " How much tax goes to police and military? ", " Can we eventually make it optional, like I pay for my police and military? ".
This didnt age well
Keep the "I'm for the American Taxpayers" spirit going AOC! Thank you!
She doesn't lie, and is more transparent than every 75 year old republican man in the house.
She’s literally one of the very few things that American politics has just now. She’s actually doing something good with her power
"I keep getting asked well how are we going to pay for single payer healthcare and I think I found part of my answer here today" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😈😈🔥🔥🔥🔥 Oh my God I LOVE HER!
I love you ❤
@@Hvacmania Thank you! I love you too! 🥰
@@missnperfection9830 o God you made my 🌃 . Kisses and hugs . 💓
The girl you “love” will eventually enslave you to a socialist system that will have you begging for a piece of bread. I can’t wait!
@@AllyBlissJoy scary
That's a real woman.
Absolutely. Well educated, well spoken, her arguments are well researched. She is an example for women everywhere. She is an example for men everywhere. She is an example for public servants everywhere.
Spicy Halo she’s a bartender
freewilly1193 LMAO 😂 that is a funny comment
@@zzzz4378 shes a bartender so what? You mad cause you cant get tips?
No wonder they fear this Lady !
El Boliviano con pinta de Aleman Adonis de Oruro Who?
And right now you can find people on RUclips,or any social media that delusionaly believe that some single parent that gets SNAP is the reason we're broke and in debt...it's sickening...
AOC lands another punch on corporate greed! 😗
But corporations will always be greedy... by definition. Businessman did nothing wrong.
It's the government official who accepted the deal who should be questioned.
I'm not even sure why AOC is trying to guilt trip that man for the government's wasteful practices.
Hardly. The government made a bad deal, she should be grilling those that made the deal.
Marqan the government and these guys are connected this is why these things happen
Seems to me government incompetence and corruption is just as much to blame here as “corporate greed”
"those that made the deal" were in on it too, bribed idiots friendly with these contractors. Yes, both should be in jail.
This is truly a woman of the people. She is the congresswoman we deserve and need. Sigue pa' lante beba!
You dont speak for everyone dipshit!
She left out her talking points:
Hillary Clinton and John Kerry State Department approved that AOC.
@@getdownto311 why you so sensitive, Snowflake??
@@plutomoon8106 and your point is?
Taco kisses for my ben....
instead of protesting trump run for local government offices
Liberals are too stupid for that
Lookin like Obidia Stain from Iron Man headass
Who honestly is surprised about this. They just get more and more outrageous.
mz204455 , I agree. I remember several years ago when we were told that the government had paid over $200.00 each for standard carpenter claw hammers. I’m not a big supporter of AOC, but I agree with what she has said here.
You are completely missing the point. The government is complicit in these large expenditures, but when it comes to infrastructure and improving communities, suddenly the money has run dry. Probably because they can't by stocks in clean water and sturdy bridges.
I find it to be very funny that before they did it all under the table, hidden somewhere. NOW, they don't even mind telling the public how much they steal from them...
The problem is we are not surprised by this
Kawika Florida whether you are a supporter or not, wrong is wrong, and this country is going to continue on the same political path it’s been on, unless individuals on both sides of the aisle are willing to recognize when the other side gets it right. It’s time conservatives step up and support democratic issues they agree with AND VISA VERSA. the end game is to make this country better by unveiling corruption..... and this is a prime example of how the government isn’t working for the people.... period.... regardless of party lines or personal beliefs. So thank you for being big enough to step up and say that even though you don’t agree with her policies you agree with how she took on this issue.... we all need to be more open minded and listen to both sides so that we can formulate our own independent opinions
Love that AOC. She has the peoples best interests in mind. We need more fire like hers.
You are dumber than she is. How stupid are you? I have socks smarter than both of you.
Yeah just need about 530 more like her. Then we would have a honest government.
She is full of herself.
@@landmarkadvisorsinc6612 Who cares if she is full of herself, she is right, and she seems to be the only one asking these tough question.
Thelight * tough questions? Like instead of doing her job as a legislator, finding one project within an entire government and spending time and money on grilling an exec. to mock up a point that billions of dollars a year can magically appear to give everyone the programs she stands for?
To be fair to that man, our government was too stupid. And that's a fact.
He charged 1,443 and the government was stupid enough to pay it.
The more she digs the more she will find
All she needs to do is get a list of donors to Republican politicians and dig into their profit margins on hundreds of thousands of products.
If I was doing some shady thing ripping off taxpayers, I really don't think I would want AOC on my tail!
You go, girl!
@Kahlil Andre
She ain't a straight up socialist and the policies she pushes for works everywhere else they're implemented. I wanna know why Americans think they're so special that those policies won't work here.
zeuanimals for starters, the countries you speak of have no military and rely on our military by law. Second, we are coming close to 400 million people in this country with millions more coming in. The countries you speak of have populations less than our illegal immigrant population.
@@Mr.White10-65 no country is solely dependent on The US for defence. Also, if this were a social democracy, we would get a say in who we protect, but because of the oligarchic system in place right now, the people don't get to make decisions on where the money is spent. I don't feel like a pure capitalist or pure Socialist society will work. We need a common ground. Social democracies allow the people to have the power they were promised by the founding fathers
Jacob Cottom the founding fathers were AGAINST any democracy and feared it.
Jacob Cottom so what is socialist Denmarks 12,000 enlisted military gonna do if a country like Russia invaded them?
I'm from the UK but love this woman, hopefully she will be your President one day
The US government: pays thousands for a small disk
Also US government: how we gonna pay for health care?
Undoubtedly there are kickbacks involved too. Ie, brown paper bags.
Fancy dinners, event tickets, luxury vacations, loans that don't need to be paid back...
David Hwang brown paper bags is a bit unsophisticated for these people. More like no-show jobs for family members. Or a seat on the board of directors after you leave government
There is big kick back involved...!
@@Walter-AndersonYes true. Corruption and price gouging happens in all countries. Unfortunately, it's "You're a fool for not going along with it as everyone else does it" or be bullied and pushed out of the industry.
@@stephenludlum9746 Gubmint should pay for my pancreas enzymes🔥
Fighting for all Americans yet the right will villianize her
Beef Jerky prices are high as well. Going to blame my barber on why its so expensive. Got to use that leftist thinking now. Blame others instead of taking your business somewhere else. ..
because they're not for the rights of all americans just the rich ones
*ARE* vilifying her. Heck Some of the corporate Left are doing it too, to her and Bernie Sanders.
@@Zyptic Your line of thought explains why US health care is so expensive. Why pay $10 for a pill when the company can charge you $1000 for it.
@@jsmetalcore and your line of thought explains why you work for someone else instead of yourself. Have fun working at McDonald's
Maybe the pentagon need to get better contractors
She's a BEAST !! I love how effortlessly she un-masks all the corruption in Congress.
Alexandria "take no prisoners" Ocasio-Cortez is an fuckn warrior !⚰💰🗽🏛
If you listen closely, you can hear HER BRASS BALLS RUBBING TOGETHER.....
@@thecloneguyz ....BRASS !?... more like TITANIUM.
@@landofthelivingskies3318
Nope. Straight
DEPLETED URANIUM
Literally the strongest most expensive metal known to man..........
@@thecloneguyz haha you win!! But I'm still gonna fact check that...now.
Edit: I believed in you Richard, but you let me down. CHROMIUM is the hardest metal known to man. So its fact in our comment world that AOC has CHROMIUM balls, if you listen closely.
@@landofthelivingskies3318
Nope. They use chromium in industrial drill bits only, its a chemical coating alloy actually, not a pure metal
Depleted uranium is what Nuclear Submarines and Nuclear Tanks and Nuclear Domes over Nuclear Reactors are made of.
Chromium cannot withstand A 1MEGATON NUCLEAR BOMB BLAST
Depleted Uranium can. Lol
It is mind boggling to see people dislike this...as if she were doing something wrong but instead she has been shedding light to the corruption going on in our country...why would anyone dislike what she is doing unless you are part of the ones ripping us off.
Because the Republican Party and the corporate mainstream media has done a phenomenal job at misinforming and lying to people and essentially make people act and vote against their own interest. Deep indoctrination and misinformation for decades. All we need is expose these crooks and corruption to them and show them how they are being lied to. With logical and evidence-based arguments we can win over the general public
Conservatives have been spending all their time attacking AOC on their networks. They use the usual lazy attacks calling her a Stalin like communist that will force everyone into breadlines and take all the white peoples money in exchange to give minorities healthcare. it's sick to see it because her policies will actually help the people that are being brainwashed to hate her.
Clearly arrogance and attitude and we are paying his company insulting inflated tax payer dollars😲
Dude running out of air as he speaks lol
She's great. But the problem is, she's one in 1,000 - as far as her honesty and character and duty to country goes. So the corruption will continue. But at least she's trying, along with a few others.
Duty? What duty? Either she nor you would have a clue what duty is. She is a leftist whacko that has contributed nothing to society other than evoking laughter.
@@thebadguy616
So you believe that's a fair price gap?
@@thebadguy616 , sounds like you don't know what duty to the American people looks like. She is what it looks like.
@@r.forrestblount9222 Absolutely. Not Veterans or business people that create jobs. Not fireman. Not doctors. Ocasio Cortez defined duty in America... Lol fucktard
This is Why we need more bartenders in Congress
Nice 👍
Yes, Bar tenders are fast at counting their change and seeing when the bill is off kilter. :D
Kinda reminded me of having to deal with getting a refund on Amazon.
AOC is out of context for this one. It is not the suppliers fault that the government purchased expensive parts. AOC should be questioning the person in charged of approving such purchased not the suppliers. Where is the accountability within the government? If the approver in cahoots with the supplier then action should be taken immediately.
AOC is a one woman wrecking crew!
The new generation that has been elected are on FIRE! They are holding people accountable and taking names, they are on it!! BRAVO!!!👏👏👏👏
Aoc is the truth.
What the F she on his case for? He's not the one that agreed to pay the price for it.
I’ve been waiting for a politician to address this issue. Wonder how things’re gonna turn out
Uh, Senator Proxmire was on it forty years ago.
@@PsYchOnAuT_DaFFy Sure she is, who sides with Russia, NK and China?
@Daniel Welch They have the same expenses as any other company that sells to the public. If their business model requires that they need that much profit to stay afloat, they have some serious issues.
I just don't understand how the average Joe can make excuses for this behavior. It's clear as day what they're doing. The politicians and companies are playing loose with your money, not for your benefit but theirs. Some issues are beyond partisan, I can't stand Trump, but it were he bringing this up, I'd have to agree with him on this issue.
@Daniel Welch so then why did they agree to pay money back?
I remember several years ago when Obama was President he did a similar thing to Lockheed I believe it was over the cost overruns for the F-35/JSF program. The project has lasted for over 10 years beginning during the GW Bush era and Lockheed was still requesting money for R&D. Obama told them he would pay for half of it, but not all of it and really stuck it to Lockheed. If I were him I would have made Lockheed pay for all of it and I guarantee Lockheed would have had a finished fighter by the end of the month. Car companies fund their own R&D so why should Lockheed be any different? Didn’t agree with a lot on Obama, but this was one of the few times I did. Too many of these government contractors are charging as much as they can because they can. AOC is right: this market is not as competitive as the private market and is often rigged and manipulated more than the private market is.
From a retired Active Duty Navy MA, I LOVE this woman.
Funny he looks like the villain in Iron Man 1 movie...
howley looked like the bad guy from iron man lmao
I disagree with her on so many levels but this I'm very happy about. Working avionics in the Marines I saw a lot of this. For a long time people yelled and screamed about the military spending. Now it's finally coming to light that the money going to the military is really going into the pockets of quiet American extortionists. Your neighbors.
And hyper inflated to buy me my boat , multiple houses and my vacations and the wife needs a rolls. How dare you question my motives!
The woman is neither grilling anyone nor is she right. The military contractor is right: The government AGREED TO PAY THAT PRICE. They could have gone to another contractor and even if there were none, it is not the responsibility of the contractor to provide competitors. She does not seem to understand what a free market is.
Paying her is a waste of money she has done nothing at all.
A lot of these contractors should be in jail. 2020 AOC Speaker of the House!!!
I like this lady, God bless her!
It is a bias channel. Keep calm
not huge fan of her but I like this except for the fact that she cant help sounding condescending when talking to people
@@jackli3989 Biased how? This isn't FOX. Why do you feel you have to lie like a trump?
@@elonpuffenstuff8851 Maybe if the people she was talking to weren't both monstrously corrupt and unfathomably stupid she wouldn't have to talk down to them. Do you have a problem with a man grilling a sleazeball criminal? Of course not.
If my god blessed her I'd find another God.
Competition is non-existent because of government interference.
Anyone remember when the military was charged $200.00 for toilet seats?
Spreading positive vibes to whoever is reading this ❤️
-Josh Otusanya
And may you be repaid in the same and better ten fold. Have a wonderfully blessed day
Thanks Josh, peace to you!
CNN, FOX News....breaking news here....uhhm where's the coverage?
YESSS GIRL CALL 'EM OUT
Strike 1 up for Alexandria. As a Hard Working Tax Payer, I thank you.