Eric Zorn: Ocasio-Cortez schools the GOP on how progressive taxes really work
by Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune
Jan 18, 2019
3 minutes
In my mind's eye, former Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker was chuckling softly and flexing his fingers Tuesday morning as he prepared to hit send on a tweet mocking a tax proposal recently floated by newly elected Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
In an interview that aired Jan. 6 on CBS' "60 Minutes," Ocasio-Cortez floated the idea of federal income "tax rates as high as 60 or 70 percent" when asked what she thought a "fair-share" rate would look like for wealthier Americans.
This touched off
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