As we told you yesterday, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s interview with Anderson Cooper was punctuated by her expression of a desire to tax the rich “60 or 70 percent.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is floating an income tax rate as high as 60 to 70 percent on the highest-earning Americans to combat carbon emissions https://t.co/vcKrQlz8Tr
— POLITICO (@politico) January 4, 2019
However, a congressional staffer thinks that “soak the rich” ante should be upped, and AOC likes what she hears:
Having ? Twitter game is not a hiring requirement for my policy team, but they bring it anyway ⬇️ https://t.co/qBb1clwhSq
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 5, 2019
Sorry everyone, my bad. I'll talk her up to 90. https://t.co/gl3VuiGISE
— Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure (@DanRiffle) January 4, 2019
Well, it’s always important to have goals! *Eye roll* Who would have thought that between AOC and her staffers that she’d be the more conservative one.
I don't feel bad for anyone who owns a private plane, but this is sounding more and more like an extortion scam every time I hear it. https://t.co/WxsM2jwjRo
— Donna (@ScarletLetterA4) January 5, 2019
At what point will we hear one hundred percent proposal?
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