Ocasio-Cortez: We Have To Break "The Mistaken Idea" That Taxes Pay For All Spending

RCP Video ^ | 2-8-2019 | Ian Schwartz

[bigbob]

International Relations or sumptin’, with post-grad enhancements

[pepsionice]

Hey, Professor Ocasio-Cortez knows her stuff. /sarcasm off

[Sir Napsalot]

Of course she’s half right. But you need to focus on the main point of her GND -

that we can run socialism in our country and not be like Venezuela (or any other place that tried it).

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That would mean we don’t need taxes at all, right Dislexia?

[liberalh8ter]

Well, she did steal tips from the servers and other bartenders so I would venture to say in her mind, she’ll just steal the balance needed to fund her green pipe dream.

[TomGuy]

Maybe AOC needs to advocate planting money trees.

They would make great shade for the unicorns.

We are close to entering LaLa land — at full speed.

[redshawk]

Yep.
20 bones for a pack of smokes has cured cancer.
Liberalism is truly a mental disease.

[HamiltonJay]

Her degree is degree in economics and international relations.

[butlerweave]

AOC hasn’t said it yet but she’s a fan of Printing Money tons and tons of money

[BunnySlippers]

... but, if they tax us high enough and hard enough, they can pay it off in no time!

[fhayek]

If these “investments” were so lucrative, we already would have an ocean train. These trains would have put the airlines out of business. A train, by the way, that must be powered by wind-up.

[KevinB]

“All China has to do is forgive the trillions of dollars of USA debt that it owns, like we will be forgiving student loan debt, and my plan will work perfectly.”

[LibWhacker]

Hugo Chavez quotes:

“Being rich is bad, it’s inhuman.”

“Capitalism is the way of the devil and exploitation. If you really want to look at things through the eyes of Jesus Christ - who I think was the first socialist - only socialism can really create a genuine society.”

“I chew coca leaves every morning, and look at me!”

Sound like anyone we know?

Well, I don't know if AOC munches on coca leaves every morning, but she sounds like she does.

[MarMema]

Mandatory diffeq might have killed me too. I loved calculus but whew. Diffeq was a scary thought to me.

[TomGuy]

"So you're saying borrow the money, make the investment. The economy will grow. It will pay off the debt."

The ole Wimpy strategy: I will gladly pay you next Tuesday for a hamburger today.

[Sir Napsalot]

I guess you are right.

AOC doesn’t (for that matter, none of us should) need to worry about the bill coming due,

‘Cause we are all gonna die (in 12 years).

[lgjhn23]

So, AOC, I would assume stolen bar tips probably paid for a few things too?

[TnTnTn]

And everyone gets a cherry lollipop......

[Dahoser]

Don’t get me started again

Oh no, please do. The last one was epic.

[Kenny Bania]

She doesn’t have anything to worry about. Since when has Washington ‘paid’ for all spending?