Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: A Danger to the Nation

Guest Post by Bill Bonner

A big, new danger appeared in Congress this month: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newest representative of New York’s 14th district.

At 29, she is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress; she will doubtless be there for decades to come.

Eighteen months ago, she was working as a waitress. Then, even though her opponent outspent her 15-to-1, she won the race to sit in the House of Representatives.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has a pleasant look about her. We’d probably like her if we met her. But she is clearly a danger to herself, her constituents, and to the nation.

When the mainstream flim-flam financial policies fail, people look for scapegoats and solutions on the edges.

Now, they turn their sore eyes to New York’s 14th district, where Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has been elected to Congress. The product of the Puerto Rican Enlightenment, she believes there is no problem that a government program can’t solve.

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Got healthcare issues? She would offer Medicare for All.

Need a job? She proposes a Job Guarantee.

Want to go to college? Get ready for Tuition-free College.

Worried about global warming? How about a large-scale “green infrastructure” program?

Wait a minute… You’re probably wondering, how can we afford all these things?

Well, in a few months, we won’t worry about such problems… not with the economy melting down.

Besides, the new Congresswoman from Queens has a solution: Tax the Rich! Squeeze them until the pips squeak!

Yes, it’s a “Green New Deal,” she calls it. And a cornerstone of it is the idea of raising income taxes on the super-rich to 70%.

It might only apply to people who earn more than $10 million a year, so most people would be for it.

Still, most sober observers dismiss the idea. “It will never pass,” they say. “It’s crazy… It’s absurd… It will harm the economy…”

But crazy plans that hurt the economy have a way of becoming the law of the land. Especially when the laws of the land are already crazy and absurd.

And when the existing laws of the land cause bankruptcy and chaos, people look for crazier, more absurd ones.

That’s how the first New Deal got put into practice. In the panic and despair of the 1932 elections, people were ready for a change. Franklin D. Roosevelt offered to shuffle the deck. And when in office, he pulled a few aces out from his sleeve and put into place a series of costly programs.

Our guess is that the next crisis will be severe and long-lasting, too. Stocks will fall hard. The economy will go into recession.

The Trump Team will pull out all the stops to make it go away (that is, it will spend beaucoup money it doesn’t have). The Fed will push rates into negative territory and buy up stocks as well as bonds.

But come the elections of 2020, the U.S. economy will be deep into stagflation – with rising prices (caused by runaway federal disaster spending) and little, or negative, growth (caused by the huge overhang of debt left over from previous bailouts and stimulus programs).

By 2020, people will be getting pretty tired of it. Donald Trump says it is “his economy” and “his stock market;” so he and his fellow Republicans will take the blame when “his disaster” doesn’t go away.

 

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And the rich – who gained so much from the crackpot fake money system – will be held to blame, too.

Economists will point out that raising marginal rates on the rich to 70% will backfire, producing less income, not more.

But the masses won’t care; they will be eager to punish the rich, not just exploit them.

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No one will have time to sit through our explanation of what went wrong… and how the Fed mismanaged the economy… and how the fake money system was doomed to fail… and why a boom founded on fake-money credit was bound to explode into a monetary/economic meltdown.

Nope… Instead, they will want simple-minded solutions. And Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow progressives will have them. Free tuition! Free medical care! Jobs for everyone!

Her programs may seem lame and loopy today, but they’ll be a hit – we predict – in the future. With the Republicans discredited by the financial disaster, radical Democrats will be elected all over the country.

And then, the intellectuals will explain why their programs “make sense.” In fact, they’re already on the case.

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner, says that “far from showing her craziness, [Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s tax proposal] is in line with serious economic research.”

Celebrity economists Peter Diamond and Emmanuel Saez say the “optimal” rate is more like 73%, while Christina and David Romer put it at 84%!

Besides… it will “help alleviate inequality.” It will “help stimulate the economy.” It will “help avoid social tensions.”

Yes, gentle reader, as goofy and fumbling as federal policies are today… they could get even worse.

As far as we know, Ms. Ocasia-Cortez was a competent server. Which is too bad; the nation lost a decent waitress and gained what it least needed: another delusional, incompetent, and menacing member of Congress.

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Ruso Paisa
Ruso Paisa

AOC has earned a new acronym. BBB. “Brown bimbo from the Bronx.” Or BBBB. “Brown boricua bimbo from the Bronx.”

BB
BB

Most of these ” Brownies ” are threat to our nation. The only thing these varmints know is ” socialism ” . In our nation it it always taking from Whites to give the their own race. If that’s not racist tell me what is . Of course they always say some shit like ” social justice”or
” racial justice ” or it’s the fair thing to do . Fuck them.

Donkey Balls
Donkey Balls

Sorry to tell you this but, if you have too many poor people and too much diversity, people like AOC are going to rise to the top.

Too much income/wealth inequality leads to crazy shite. I believe it is the #1 problem America faces today.

22winmag - Q is a Psyop and Trump is lead actor
22winmag - Q is a Psyop and Trump is lead actor

INEQUALITY in all it’s forms is exceeded only by generalized IGNORANCE as the #1 problem in the USA!

Vixen Vic
Vixen Vic

And don’t forget the greed and envy that accompany it.

Old Shoe

A danger to the nation? Hardly. I’d have paid money to hire an assclown like this to wake the normies up. Turn her loose and cover every word she utters. I’m telling you…..she’s gold for us.

Anonymous
Anonymous

I hope your rite.This can get real ugly………

CCRider
CCRider

The house is a fucking joke. It’s a forum for yacking shysters. It has some procedural duties that are largely for show-to make us think it’s ‘our’ government at work but no real power. ” We lost a decent waitress and gained what it least needed: another delusional, incompetent, and menacing member of Congress.” Ooooh how perspective. Like she won’t have plenty of menacing mates around her on both sides of the 2 party duopoly. Like she’s the 1st politician to ever promise goodies for the rabble.

The owners are still in charge. The MIC still controls foreign policy and the fed domestic. BTW we have a president who has jacked up spending to a tril a year. And I’m supposed to sweat this dingbat pipsqueak?

Get relevant Bonner.

22winmag - Q is a Psyop and Trump is lead actor
22winmag - Q is a Psyop and Trump is lead actor

DINGBAT for comeback word of 2019!

CCRider

Well, I figure douche bag is worn out.

ain't buying it
ain't buying it

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner, says that “far from showing her craziness, [Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s tax proposal] is in line with serious economic research.”

When has this clown been right about anything?

Big Ed
Big Ed

Right! Ever notice that Krugman and A-O-C have that same crazed,bug-eyed look, like they took a poker up the ass , or something?

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

When I see a picture of her I would swear she had a dentist file down her Vampire Canines so she could run for office and kiss babies without terrifying them.
On a more serious note. I don’t think we are going to get to an election in 2020, but if we do the Proglydites will have the Oral Office and 2/3’s of the House and Senate along with Control of most state governments. There was an excellent article the other day about the coming 2020 vote harvest. Wish I had saved the name of the author. If we thought Cali 2018 was bad, just wait.

Neuday
Neuday

Yeah, someone should tell our (((elite))) that when you tikkun the olam, the brown hordes might get a little greedy. You’d think that after getting purged from Stalin’s party the last time (((they))) took over a government they’d learn a lesson. Maybe China will offer refuge.

Bad Brad
Bad Brad

Let’s see. Barry Satero, aka BHO. No military service. No business
experience. Not so much as a Kool aide stand.
Early promo literature bragged about his African birth place.
Became a State Rep out of Chicago. Quickly runs for Federal
Senator. As a Junior do nothing, did nothing other than “present”
Senator, he runs a hot campaign for US President. His main edge
in getting the Senatorship was to release sexual dirt scandal on his
opponent. Brags about an “open and transparent” administration yet
there is a major lock down. No college records, no social security information,
no passport data. Zip. A man of mystery is placed at the helm like a fence
post turtle by running against a blow hard ‘straight talker’ war ‘hero’ who
apologized for running. At the end of the race, the ‘hero’ had to be dragged kicking
and screaming over the finish line by his feisty VP pick.
And now a young, inexperienced- at anything in life- puppy wins a large seat in NYC.
Spends next to nothing against a fellow Dem who knows everyone and their pet poodle.
Yeah, right. Looks like 3 card monte to me.

grace country pastor

Someone here dubbed her Alexandria Occasional-Cortex and for that I laugh every time I see her name.

musket
musket

gcp: Thank you….she is getting better with age. The media love her as she always working the mouth overtime and the “cortex” has yet be engaged…..they can sit on their stained couches in the coffee warrens and write anything they want courtesy of la boca grande…….

grace country pastor

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R Daneel
R Daneel

She Guevara

Big Dick
Big Dick

Hey Bill are you not the guy that predicted a Hillary president and an economic boom when she got into office? Nutbags will not win out like this witless liberal broad. We already hate New York and Schumer, this dumb bitch is just another on the list with no sense or hope for the future.

yahsure
yahsure

I keep reading how that whole giving the wealthy tax breaks so they can invest in America isn’t working that well. Buying back stock seems to be what they do with extra money. Maybe her giant tax the wealthy ideas will wake them all up. Hate and envy of the elites is an easy way to get a lot of support. The Republicans need to get with the program or they will hand the next election to the socialist.

22winmag - Q is a Psyop and Trump is lead actor
22winmag - Q is a Psyop and Trump is lead actor

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that TEETH is the symptom and not the disease.

I’ll go even further by saying she is a victim of commie indoctrination and presumably, a baby shit-quality intellectual upbringing- aka Red Diaper Doper Baby.

She could have turned out differently.

She could be an American asset and not an American liability.

If and when this mess ever turns to open warfare, spies and turncoats will outnumber true patriots 100 to 1 and a great many of them will be women.

That’s no laughing matter, so laugh at her and demean her now while you have the luxury. You won’t have said luxury forever.

AOC is in fact the poster girl for all the FEMALE AMERICANS we have lost in battle during the early phases of this war.

TC
TC

I say go for it. Give the people what they want, and they can get it good and hard. (Apologies to Mencken)

Robert
Robert

This article leaves out a few important tidbits. The USA has $22 Trillion in debt. 25% of the world economy belongs to the USA. If AOC or the liberals are successful, China, India, Russia, etc will force a replacement of the reserve currency (US Dollar). Viola…bye bye USA. AOC can print all the money she wants but it goes nowhere. The US and its bully tactics will no longer work globally. It will make the Great Depression look like a cake walk.

Ruso Paisa
Ruso Paisa

I will be watching with popcorn in hand. From afar.

22winmag - Q is a Psyop and Trump is lead actor
22winmag - Q is a Psyop and Trump is lead actor

Afar?

Greasy fingers and scoped rifles don’t mix.

Overthecliff
Overthecliff

She is not a danger she is a symptom of the illness that infects our society. We will have the government we deserve. We will soon join the Brits ,Frogs and Swedes.

WestcoastDeplorable
WestcoastDeplorable

She’s right on some topics in spite of herself, but if a revolution actually succeeded it would need to strip the Fed/gov, Mil/Ind complex down. And right now Pres Trump has the reins to get rid of 100’s of 1,000’s of fat; one of those once in a lifetime opportunities which I hope he takes advantage of.
Our present situation is unsustainable since the debt is actually twice the reported $22.5 Trillion. DOD and HUD can’t account for $22 Trillion. So forget what we owe, it will never be paid back. If that becomes apparent at some point, the dollar will crash to zero and we start over.

ASIG
ASIG

These clowns that are running around bringing up The fact that the tax rates in the 50s and 60 were 70% and even 90% are completely ignoring or are totally ignorant of that fact that during that time There were also substantial offsets, Deductions, Credits, and Tax sheltered investments that would reduce you taxable income. No one at that time paid the full rate of 70%, and no one in their right mind is going to pay it now.

here is a good article on the subject:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2019/01/22/aoc-and-krugman-cant-justify-their-70-solution/amp/

“It is not surprising from this wonderful array of breaks that few paid those high rates on much of their income. The non-profit Tax Foundation estimates that in the 1950s, for instance, when the top statutory rate stood at 92 percent, the top 1.0 percent of taxpayers wrote so much income off in the calculation that they paid an effective average rate to the federal government of about 17 percent.”

noBabel
noBabel

maybe the nation produced the danger…

maybe the nation, or our beloved “civilization”, produced this dangerous person.

If we didn’t accommodate our tastes and needs to global civilization, maybe we wouldn’t need globalists.

If everything you used was produced locally, then Ocasio wouldn’t be your next master.

Orrrrrrrrrrrr, keep sheeping on, sheeple.

Vixen Vic
Vixen Vic

She can’t be the next president (master). She has to be 35 years old to run. Maybe the next election after that if she’s still around. If we’re still around. I predict she’ll have started fading by then. After all, over 30 – that’s so old to the young.

bob
bob

The important thing isn’t that democrats/leftists/communist totalitarians aren’t simply foolish and stupid. These people were born and bred and foisted upon us for the very demise of western civilization, Christianity, and independence/freedom/liberty. They are here for our destruction.

TampaRed
TampaRed

a couple of points–
we underestimate the appeal of leftist candidates to voters at our own peril–
how many of us who were paying attention truly believed that obama with his baggage & ideology was electable?how many of us believed bernie sanders was electable?
whether we want to admit it or not,hillary & the demo establishment did the nation a favor by rigging the primaries against sanders because if they had not,i believe we would be ranting against president sanders instead of prez trump–
our enemies are not these politicians,it is our neighbors,friends,relatives and coworkers–
as to ocasio-cortez specifically,this opened my eyes more then anything ever has about voting for your own group-
she knocked off the 4th highest ranking dem in the house,a guy who might possibly have become speaker of the house considering how old the 3 people in front of him are–
he was almost as far left as ocasio-cortez,just w/o the leftist garbage spewing out of his mouth that alarms centrists & rightists–
if their primary election had been about either ideology or gimme dats, crowley was in a much better position to implement leftist ideas & to make federal $ rain both on new york city & that district specifically–
however,the district has had a huge influx of hispanics over the years,and not even the same nationality as ocasio-cortez,and those people voted their ethnicity instead of either ideologically or pragmatically–
time to start voting white–

monger
monger

sooner the leftist pukes tear it all down the better imo

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