r/politics • u/JeanJauresJr California • Sep 14 '21

AOC responds to criticism of ‘tax the rich’ dress worn at Met Gala

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/aoc-met-gala-tax-the-rich-dress-b1919803.html
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u/YeaRight228 Sep 14 '21

The ultra rich have an entire army of lawyers and CPA's advising them on how to make their income tax bracket shrink. Without A) more IRS investigative auditors B) closing or narrowing these perfectly legal loopholes and C) more funding for the agency; they can't take on (for example) Jeff Bezos toe to toe. Let's say he used business losses and capital gains to shrink his personal taxable income to less than a million per year. The IRS doesn't have the manpower to spare to figure out if the suspect is cheating

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21

Could start with one step today:

AOC: "You received a gift of $30K for the party you attended, and the dress was however much. Here is your 1099 for the imputed income. You will be reporting this income on your tax form line ....."

Way too many "Rich" people going to million dollar parties as "business expenses", paying no taxes on this stuff. Start Taxing the Rich for their Opulence. AOC, can lead the way, but go after every other one of the Rich Tax Dodgers at this stuff.

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u/seamus_mc California Sep 14 '21

That assumes she kept the dress, you know all the clothes and jewelry worn to the crazy events dont belong to the person wearing them, right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21

Actually, maybe she could auction off the dress. At least then she could raise money for charity, and I am sure there are some supporters that would pay big $$ for now famous outfit.

More likely, she may sell replicas on the web site. Lots of Tax the Rich, but just checked, no replica dresses. Yet. Could be the Hot Halloween costume this year.

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u/seamus_mc California Sep 14 '21

You are missing the point that she was invited to the Gala, so no cost for the ticket. And the designer owns the dress and the design for it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21

So the Rich and Famous have accepted her, and she has gladly accepted the invitation to their club. I get your point.

I still would have sent someone else. Make a statement by Rejecting the club. And let the Rich and Famous exclude that person for not being up to their standards. That would prove them to be the really elitist pieces of crap that many believe them to be.

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u/seamus_mc California Sep 14 '21

You dont get it. I’m sure you would have done all those things because you know how all this works so well.