‘Tax the rich?’ Sorry, AOC, but we already do

Published September 17, 2021 4:00am ET



When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a photo of her unmasked self wearing a white dress marked with “TAX THE RICH” in blood-red letters, she at least made sure to praise the help — her dressmaker, who of course was there with her in the photo, wearing a mask.

Ocasio-Cortez then wore her dress that night to an event with millionaires and billionaires at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum — again, not wearing a mask, because as every good Democrat knows, masks are for the help.

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