Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shut Up and Give Me Your Money

Judging by the number of meme's, this woman scares the hell out of a bunch of you. I'm guessing this is in relation to health care and college costs. Tell us all what your solutions are to those two problems. Household income has gone up 147% in the last few years. Over the same time, college costs have gone up 500%. Health care for the first year since 2010 is projected to outpace the rate of inflation. What are your solutions to the ridiculous costs of health care and college? Young people aren't worth investing in? You think there is nothing wrong with our healthcare system?

College costs are a problem because they are subsidized. That increases costs.
Healthcare needs to be deregulated. Do hospitals need to be the only ones giving x-rays? No that can be interpreted at a clinic which woud create competition and drive down costs. More governmnt will drive up costs.
Not taking loans for a bullsh*t degee would be nice. This would increase the value of the barrower and allow them to pay back any loans they accrue.
She is an idiot who doent understand basic economic principles. This is understandable in that it isnt taught anymore. Its absurd she got elected, but the electorate is pretty much ignorant. So...

Supposedly intelligent men, I say men because all but two were, decided that trickle down economics works and voted in a huge give away tax cut to the wealthiest businesses in history. There were no ties to economic expansion, no ties to creating jobs. What have they done with the windfall? Bought back their stocks, gave themselves huge pay raises and laid off more workers. Now you're telling me this woman does not understand economic principles? We are running a trillion dollar deficit during good times and she's the one who does not understand economic principles? Sorry, she can do NO WORSE!

In terms of, "taking someone else's money" between the mid 50's and late 60's, at least 15yrs, the top tax bracket on earners over 200k, was 91% tax. These years were the greatest growth years for the American middle class. Now we tax hedge fund managers pulling billions out of our economy at 15% tax. Funny how that isn't considered, "someone else's money". Why isn't this called what it is? Since 1970, we have seen the greatest wealth redistribution scheme in world history. Money taken from the middle and given to the top. THAT is when we deviated from the American way.

91 percent is a canard and not true. Do some basic research. That tax bracket $200,000 plus was equivalent to 1.4 million today, with a base of 8million plus for single filer. In other words less than one percent had that kind of wage at the time and most werent paying because at that rate you no longer earn an income, but collect interest on accounts. Much like Warren Buffet doesnt pay much today. It was not uniform across the tax code and Bernie got called out...at leat by economists other than Krugman who was eerily silent.
So, I like your 80"s take, however this is a far different economy. Average household income is rising. Wages are stagnant (which may or my not need correcting), there is more employment now . Before you argue that that is a result of Obama, ayone with a base undertanding will see that he didnt submit any budget, republican congress was responsible for curtailing failed policy, and lo and behold...after the slowest recovery in economic history...we finally have growth. Imagine that. Occasio may want to establish socialist policy...I have half a mind to let her. The out come should be a correction and removal of the utopian drivel so attractive to those who either get paid by public funds, or who are wide eyed idiots with crushes on their professors.

You think there aren't people making 1.4 million today? You think that rate was inconsequential to the environment, the emphasis, the care taken to protect the middle class that had been so carefully developed after WWII? It is the very income OVER income, that is being essentially untaxed in America today yet we are asking our middle class to pay more than their share because somehow today, that's fair. You think Warren Buffet should not be taxed heavily even if he were taxed at 91% his income growth would barely take a hit and still rise at a faster rate than the middle class. THIS is the problem. People in America today have no comprehension of the phenomenon of compounding interest. At a certain point when you don't spend what you've made, when you simply reinvest it, your income growth is nearly vertical. It can't be spent fast enough to curtail the growth. We are spending money like water but heaven forbid we make people with more than they can ever spend, pay more than they are, in fact, they are paying too much and need another cut. Ridiculous. We will never return to 91% in my lifetime but to raise it to 40%, would not affect those at the top one iota and it would help.

The fact that you dont know how Buffet is taxed is telling and where did I say he shouldn't be? the rest is gobbldegook with no real bearing. I very much understand compounding interest. Thats why I retired before fifty.
Your comparison of today vs. then doesnt work for so many reasons. Population is different. World econic basis are different. Countries that had bearing on the markets then no longer exist...etc.
But we both agree we re over spending. Good start. The best way to curtail that is...wait for it...not to vote on policies that will compound over spending. cant escape that.

Where did I say that I don't know how Buffet is taxed? I said even if he were taxed at 91% he would still continue to vastly outpace the middle class in wealth growth. Buffet has been very vocal for many years stating that he does not pay enough in taxes. Of course there are differences between today and the mid 60's. That doesn't mean we should not continue with the American tradition seen for almost the entire life of the US. A heavily progressive tax that greatly favors the low and middle. Without that the entire structure and morality of the nation suffers.

Hah! Couldn't deal with a real situation so you post a snarky bs meme comment. What, you can't back up your meme? Whosd thd NPC now, " uh oh, it's out of my pre programmed automated speech retort, must insult poster". Ha ha hz, we're all catching on to you f**kers.

Ok, if you really want my opinion... The worst thing you can do for healthcare is to take the profit out of it. We have a great healthcare system but the costs are out of control. We can start with tort reform to try to scale back one of the biggest expenses that medical professionals have which is malpractice insurance. We need elected officials that read the laws before they vote on them. None of this "vote on it to know what's in it" BS. We need single issue laws. Why was an online poker law included in the port security bill? As far as college being free, why? There are inexpensive community colleges everywhere. If you aren't motivated enough to work your way through an associates degree, are you motivated enough to get a better job in the first place?

Tort reform is the great "go-to" on the right. Sure, do it. Why wasn't it done under trumps first two years when he had all three branches of gov? It's estimated that with tort reform, the cost savings would be marginal at best. We need double digit cuts in costs, not 2-4%. Tort reform is no solution.

We have a great health care system? BS. Among the top 11 countries we're ranked last and spend the most. More Americans die from healthcare related problems than in any other country. People are now flying to other nations, going on vacation, getting procedures done and flying home, all paid by their insurance because it still saves thousands of dollars. Our system is horrible, getting worse and vastly more expensive than any other country yet your solutions demands that profit isn't taken out? Yeah, just what I thought. You have all the answers.

You go ahead and vote for the socialists. See if it helps.

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