Billionaires Will Be A Burning Issue in 2020 Campaign

Billionaires Will Be A Burning Issue in 2020 Campaign

Coming soon to a Democratic Party presidential debate:  the question, "Is it morally appropriate for anyone to be a billionaire?"

A version of the query was raised earlier this month by the author Ta-Nehisi Coates. He was interviewing a new Democratic congresswoman from New York, the self-described socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, about, among other things, her plan to raise top marginal income tax rates as high as 70%.

Ed Markey:  U.S. Senate Vote on Green New Deal Resolution ‘Republican Trick’
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Ed Markey:  U.S. Senate Vote on Green New Deal Resolution ‘Republican Trick’

NBP Staff

Massachusetts U.S. Senator Ed Markey is calling Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's promise to hold a floor vote on Markey's Green New Deal resolution a "Republican trick."

Markey (D-Malden) tweeted his disapproval of McConnell's statement on Tuesday, February 12:

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