America's biggest tax delusion

A tax is not simply money taken out of your paycheck

Inequality.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) demonstrated once again her media savvy this weekend, dominating the political discussion with the clever strategy of saying interesting, correct things in the fashion of a normal person instead of a robot trained by focus groups. In an interview with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, she suggested that the top marginal tax rate at $10 million ought to be perhaps 60-70 percent.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.