AOC: You can't 'earn' a billion dollars

[Uncle Joe]

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"And so, you have to create a myth that since you didn't earn that, you have to create a myth of earning it," added the New York Democrat.

Wealth concentration at historic levels

Ocasio‑Cortez’s remarks come as wealth concentration in the United States has reached historic levels. The richest 1% of Americans controlled 31.7% of the nation’s wealth in the third quarter of 2025, the highest share since records began in 1989, according to Federal Reserve data cited by Forbes.

That imbalance, she said, leads many people to internalize economic hardship as a personal failure rather than a systemic issue.

“As a result, we’ve kind of internalized this moralized system,” the progressive Democrat said. “The people at the top are smarter, better, more sophisticated — and therefore the people at the bottom are uneducated, lazy, etc.”

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announces the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on March 25th 2026. Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/12/aoc-billion-dollar-wealth-not-earned/90032842007/

[democratsruletheday]

1. She's right (again) of course.....but

AOC isn't electable for POTUS folks. She's too smart, too intimidating and too female. Hillary and Kamala tried to run the gauntlet and tack back to the center and both crashed and burned. Does anyone HONESTLY think that running farther to the left of any Dem candidate ever is going to work? I wish to HELL it could but we all know deep down the dreaded 'Independents' won't vote for her. I worked my ass off for Hillary and Kamala: phone calls, door knocking yard signs, etc...and the lying fuckhead laid waste to both of them. Does AOC have what it takes to connect with so many of the dumb asses that voted for him? Probably not....she's way too good for them and they know it, which is why they won't vote for her. She's everything they KNOW they'll never be in life: bright, successful, articulate and well grounded. Yeah, I know it's maddening but I believe it to be true.

My top 2: Kelly and Pritzker.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I'm thinking

the corporate promoted center isn't the center on the ground level, and most independents would break toward progressive populism in a heartbeat if given the chance.

The corporate media has always had financial interests against this occurring, and that why they promoted *rump as a worthy candidate for the highest office in the land from day 1, while all but ignoring his history.