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WaPo OpEd: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an economic illiterate — and that’s a danger to America

ZeoVGM

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.5e709f5b4a26

The left complains that conservatives are "obsessing" over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Well, there is a reason for that: Ocasio-Cortez is driving the agenda of today's Democratic Party — and her economic illiteracy is dangerous.
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No, you can't. Ocasio-Cortez does not seem to realize that New York does not have $3 billion in cash sitting around waiting to be spent on her socialist dreams.
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Ocasio-Cortez does not seem to understand that by helping to drive Amazon away, she did not save New York $3 billion; she cost New York $27 billion.
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If Ocasio-Cortez doesn't understand how tax subsidies work, how can she be trusted to plan the federal takeover of the health-care, energy and transportation sectors of our economy?
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When this kind of ignorance is driving policymaking in Washington, America is in profound danger. Amazon left New York because Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow democratic socialists created a hostile environment in the city. And if Ocasio-Cortez has her way, Democrats are going to do to the rest of America what they just did to New York.
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It's hard not to feel the Republican sexism dripping from this article, with the numerous mentions of how AOC "doesn't realize" or "does not understand" what she is talking about, along with calling her "illiterate." The above quotes are to shine a light on the blatant condescension but you'll want to read the full article for all context.

Some information on the author of this opinion piece will help put it in further context.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Thiessen

He served as a speechwriter for United States President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
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Thiessen's first book, Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack, was published by Regnery Publishing in January 2010.
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In the book he argued that the enhanced interrogation techniques used by the CIA, which were later characterized as torture, are not torture by any reasonable legal or moral standard and "were not only effective, but lawful and morally just". The book was endorsed by the former Vice President Dick Cheney
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mael

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Talking about AOC being dangerous for America when the current admin has given billions in taxbreaks to the richest?
Just imagine living that life.
 
Xyer

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Thank goodness the US had trillions to spare for those tax cuts for the rich though am I right fellas?!
 
mael

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Ocasio-Cortez does not seem to understand that by helping to drive Amazon away, she did not save New York $3 billion; she cost New York $27 billion.
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The people that won't be displaced certainly appreciate the callous analysis.
 
hitme

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Marc Thiessen writes a twice-weekly column for The Post on foreign and domestic policy. He is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
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thank you, next.
 
Conciliator

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The right complaining about anyone being economically illiterate or ignorant is farcical from the jump

EDIT: Not to mention in a paper owned by Bezos, complaining a politician saying/doing things that doesn't help Amazon. JUST SAYIN
 
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I see this stuff mostly as "we only have six years before she turns 35. We have to do something."
 
Frozenprince

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Ah yes because I'm sure the foreign policy wonk from the fucking Bush years who thinks torture is a-okay and that the Iraq war was a good thing is also an expert in all economic aspects of governance as well.
 
Toxi

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W's speech writer lecturing anyone on economic literacy is comedy gold.
 

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The irony here is when a Republican says anyone is economically illiterate while their party has been trying to sell trickle down economics for decades now.

AOC has them shook and I'm loving every moment of it
 

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I'm assuming this is one of the conservatives who like to perpetuate the trickle-down myth, which is the definition of economic illiteracy. Pot, meet kettle.
 
Frozenprince

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Man it's gotta just be a dream gig to be a careerist on the hill. You literally will NEVER have to go away no matter what stupid, awful, repugnant shit you've done or enabled. Six figure income in perpetuity to basically just go "Yeah the Bush years were actually good and the rich are the only reason poor people aren't dying in droves" for 20 paragraphs every other week is just nauseating.
 
Darryl M R

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Socialism is the future, starting with affordable housing. Just look at this guy letting AOC live in his head rent free.
 
SoH

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Actually corporate interests are good for everyone, argues man in superior show of economic intelligence, destroying idiot little girl socialist with head in clouds.

* yawn *
 
Sean

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AOC is everything we need and this guy's opinion is utter trash and nonsense. We should stop signal boosting morons.
 

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Loudninja said:
I do wish people stop saying this stuff ignoring want do a thing ti never has and never will.

Its important for peoepl to tear this shit part.
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If people on here are going forth with this data and convincing other people, yes, that's useful.

But here where we all agree it's an idiot making a shill article, I guess I was just confused what value would really come out of it. I guess I've grown cynical about whether it's feasible to convince average random people to disbelieve an op-ed.

If there is value to be had then I apologize.

Chaos Legion said:
I wish she would just not speak until she gets counsel from some of her aides.
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Counsel on what topic?
 
Kay

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Rich people are going to through out all the stops against Bernie and AOC in the next 2 years. They are terrified
 
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ZeoVGM said:
I don't believe that ignoring popular articles that spread lies is a strategy. This is the #2 most read opinion on WaPo right now. It's important to point out that it's bullshit, not pretend it doesn't exist.
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I guess? Not sure that posting an op-ed on era where people will rightfully shit on it is any better or more effective a strategy than not sharing a garbage op-ed to a group of people who will disagree with it. Crapping on AOC is the favorite pasttime of conservatives rn, of course it's popular.
 

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Bezos owned paper launches hit piece towards congresswoman who's scapegoated for killing the NYC Amazon deal
 
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