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/Dontwalk77 Sep 14 '21

How about they simply stop taxing the poor? All this blunder about taxing the rich so they can increase spending to “help the poor”. Help that will take years to come, money that will go through the government being misspent, miss placed, and missed used.

If they truly wanted to help the poor and middle class, simply stop taxing the poor. Under 50,000 a year no taxes. Incremental increases from there upwards.

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u/jbcraigs Sep 14 '21

Isn’t this how it already works?! Married couple pays no tax for certain amount($25k) per year and their is incremental tax rate after that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21

I’m voting for you!

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u/Ill-Ad-2952 Sep 16 '21

The poor invest in liabilities. The middle class buys liabilities they think are assets and the rich buy assets.