Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Suggests Super Wealthy be Taxed Up to 70% to Fund ‘Green New Deal’

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[ClearCase_guy]

Here’s 1 for you, 19 for me
Because I’m the Tax Man

[JBW1949]

It went through her head, but there was nothing there to stop it....

[Pearls Before Swine]

I’m surprised she didn’t ask for a wealth tax. That’s the pot of gold.

[Snickering Hound]

Put in a few terms in Congress and you join that class that you want to tax at 70%

[Boowhoknew]

Maybe she gets her ideas by reading offal. This type is likely bull offal

[Leaning Right]

Why stop at 70%, honey? We desperately need this ‘Green New Deal’ to save the planet. Think about the polar bears! And the children! So I suggest a top rate of around 120%.

Oh, wait. I probably shouldn't have called Ocasio-Cortez "honey". That's very disrespectful.

[I got the rope]

The poor pay a disproportionate amount of tax through excise taxes, but thats not the point.

point is...this clown cant see that she is raising costs on the poor and middle class and making everyone equally miserable.

[blueunicorn6]

“Tippie tops”

Nancy Pelosi uses the word “tinkle”.

[Cowboy Bob]

I’ve got a dead cat smarter than this girl....

Why do you have a dead cat? I'd throw mine away if I had one.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

LOL! This will be an interesting year.

[econjack]

Stupid. I’ve said this before, but 51% now don’t pay any Federal income tax while the top 10% already foot 72% of total tax receipts. Go to a flat tax of 17% that EVERYONE pays, no deductions. If you did, you wouldn’t have a deficit problem. As to you 51% freeloaders, to me, you shouldn’t even be voting in Federal elections. After all, no skin in the game, why should you?

[rktman]

Oh, I guess they “just pay for it” then? Heads up folks. With the way the fidiots vote these days, she may be fixed in place for 30+ years or more. Hard to derail that gravy train.

[asinclair]

Why not 85% or 90%?

The article makes clear that a New York resident has to pay high state and local taxes, so the bottom-line tax rate for a NYC wealthy person would be at 87%. Glad AOC isn't representing me.

[NobleFree]

Maybe he's going to run it for Congress?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Eventually you run out of other people’s money.

[DCBryan1]

So bonds that I just sold would be a 21.30% taxable equivalent yield instead of 3.92%. I would be an early 1980s bond daddy!

CUSIP: 59259YRD3
METROPOLITAN TRANSN AUTH NY
5.000% due 11-15-30 YTC= 2.550 APX 108.933
Call [11-15-22 @ 100.000]
YTM= 4.043 TEY= 3.923

[Reno89519]

Only if they are Democrats.

[JBW1949]

It’s buried in the backyard, but I still have it...

[Old Yeller]

Super-wealthy, excluding congresscreaps.

[gathersnomoss]

AOCrazy sure has big balls.