AOC--teaching people that wealth = immorality

Ocasio-Cortez faces broad backlash after declaring billionaires 'can't earn' their wealth

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told a podcast audience that "You can't earn a billion dollars," then dug in when the remark drew fire from entrepreneurs, economists, commentators, and even voices on the left who called the claim false, self-defeating, and hostile to the American dream.

The New York Democrat made the statement on comedian Ilana Glazer's podcast "It's Open," Fox News reported. She went further, arguing that ten-figure fortunes can only come from market manipulation, rule-breaking, and labor exploitation, never from merit.

The backlash was swift and bipartisan. Rather than walk back the remarks, Ocasio-Cortez doubled down on X, framing her critics as defenders of wage theft. The episode offers a clean window into the gap between progressive economic theology and the way most Americans still think about work, risk, and reward.

On the podcast, Ocasio-Cortez laid out her case in blunt terms:

"You can get market power. You can break rules. You can do all sorts of things. You can abuse labor laws. You can pay people less than what they're worth. But you can't earn that, right? And so you have to create a myth... you have to create a myth of earning it."

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Who helps her with her screwy ideas? Bernie?