There's an element where, yes, people are going to have to start paying their fair share in taxes.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “There's an element where, yes, people are going to have to start paying their fair share in taxes.”
On the recordJanuary 6, 2019
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Ocasio-Cortez acknowledges that raising taxes is necessary for her Green New Deal.
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