tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8086591720598848914..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Proposes Massive Tax Hike on the WealthyRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15993516167818348372019-01-05T11:00:47.972-05:002019-01-05T11:00:47.972-05:00This gal is dangerous. She seems to have connecte...This gal is dangerous. She seems to have connected with the fact that the public will believe a politician if said politician says something factually, logically, and historically incorrect, but says it with conviction. I wouldn't be surprised to see AOC's fans, which are numerous and span far beyond NY's 14th Congressional District, using her comments to call for significantly Derek Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946931474500257374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14432529910670514752019-01-05T10:26:51.771-05:002019-01-05T10:26:51.771-05:00"It means that as you climb up this ladder, y..."It means that as you climb up this ladder, you should be contributing more."<br /><br />It seems like in the 1960s and 1970s there might have been interviewers (Donahue? Buckley?) who would push her on the use of "should," by asking her what principle justifies this, and pushing further on that too. Today's interviewers seem mostly bereft of intellectual heft (what a The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60286225029962179702019-01-04T16:39:11.309-05:002019-01-04T16:39:11.309-05:00── Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who just took office ...── Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who just took office says tax rates for the nation’s wealthiest should increase to as much 70 percent to fund a new initiative to combat climate change — even if that means she’s labeled a “radical.”──<br /><br />Never mind being called a 'radical'. What kind of climate change-combating policies<br />does she think need to be funded with those taxes, assuming OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.com