We’ve heard in the past few days super-rich Americans who have dared question Elizabeth Warren’s plan to take more of their money. Now, on the campaign trail, Warren’s openly mocking those billionaires:
.@ewarren on her proposed wealth tax: “Maybe you’ve heard there are some billionaires who don’t like this. They’ve been interviewed on TV, I’ve noticed lately. So sad, so sad that they might have to pay 2 cents out of their bazillion dollars” pic.twitter.com/D9vJfvgxNZ
— Zak Hudak (@cbszak) November 11, 2019
Warren is of course understating her “wealth tax” plan again, resorting to made-up words in the process:
As several have pointed out, @ewarren has actually proposed a 6% tax on wealth above $1B. The 2% is for over $50M
— Zak Hudak (@cbszak) November 11, 2019
The rate she has proposed is six percent on billionaires https://t.co/fGDXnjoyoK
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) November 11, 2019
Warren is lying about her own policy proposal, which is for a 6% tax on the wealth of billionaires and, I presume, bazillionaires.
And her phrasing is odd. They wouldn't pay 2 cents or 6 cents out of their bazillion. They would pay that much for each of their bazillion $. https://t.co/PcOyBrHP4q
— Howard Wall ? (@HJWallEcon) November 11, 2019
Suffice to say that Warren’s comments about her wealth tax plan are only about 1/1054ths of the full picture.
Super wonky, data-driven, evidence-based, reality-based description of her wealth tax. https://t.co/r0T4AQgfo6
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) November 11, 2019
She’s lying
— The Persian Soltan (@SehzadeSoroush) November 11, 2019
She sounds like a three-year-old https://t.co/ObNid6qyqF
— Chris Pandolfo (@ChrisCPandolfo) November 11, 2019
This is not a serious proposal, so it's nice to see the senator has stopped talking about it like it's a serious proposal. https://t.co/ZTjreyTOyw
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) November 11, 2019
Can it be long before Warren goes after the elusive “gazillionaires”?
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