Kudlow: Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% Tax on Rich Would Turn US into Venezuela

“Everybody’s poor” in oil-rich Venezuela, and US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser claims he knows the answer: excessive taxes on the South American nation’s wealthiest citizens. With high-profile Democrats such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clamoring to raise income tax rates as high as 70%, Larry Kudlow is warning that the US could see a similar “catastrophe.” Venezuela is a “Catastrophe” Because of High Tax Rate Kudlow says the “old saw” of higher taxes on the wealthy from America’s political left “never works.” The former CNBC host says he doesn’t know how such proposals will pan out, but he’s already

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