Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has an ability to boil down essential points into ways people understand.
The congresswoman known as “AOC” — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) — once again has found a way to trigger conservatives and, maybe even more so, establishment Democrats. This time, in answer to a question posed by journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Is it possible to live in a moral society with billionaires?,” Ocasio-Cortez replied: “No, it’s not. I’m not saying that Bill Gates or Warren Buffet are immoral, but a system that allows billionaires to exist when there are parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don’t have access to public health is wrong.”
The Hill: Why Congress needs more waitresses, fewer billionaires
You either get it or you don’t. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Michael Bloomberg, and others may be moral people. But a system that elevates so very few while leaving so many in impoverishment is wrong. Just plain wrong.
Krystal Ball, the author of the article with AOC’s quote, sees it clearly:
AOC is right. America’s economic system is immoral. And if we had more waitresses in Congress, and fewer millionaires, we might actually do something about it.
See the link above for her whole article.