Ocasio-Cortez wants to hike taxes on the 'Betsy DeVos, student-loan-shark rich' types
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as part of a series of social-media messages over the weekend, defined the group she wants to see pay more in taxes as “nesting-doll yacht rich. For-profit prison rich. Betsy DeVos, student-loan-shark rich. Trick-the-country-into-war rich. Subsidizing-workforce-w-food-stamps rich.”
“It’s the idea that if you choose to have any expense beyond mere animalistic survival — an iced coffee, a cab after a 18hr shift on your feet — you deserve suffering, eviction, or skipped medicine,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote, explaining to her 4.2 million Twitter followers why it was such a bad tweet.She has been pushing for a marginal income tax rate of 70% on income over $10 million — an idea drawing support from many on the left.
If it’s only 10 people, name them. Name only 10 people that you think can cover the cost of healthcare for all if we tax them.— Paul Curtman May 12, 2019 She didn’t shy away from the mounting abuse on Twitter TWTR, -4.84% , firing back at the fact-checkers who took her “10 people” comment literally as having the “social intelligence of a sea sponge.”
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