Socialist attention-seeker Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grabbed media attention by showing up at the $35,000-a-ticket Met Gala in a lavish designer dress emblazoned her with “Tax The Rich” logo.
But tax collectors in multiple states are looking to grab its designer, who has three open tax warrants in New York for unpaid taxes and multiple federal tax liens by the Internal Revenue Service, the New York Post reports.
“Designer Aurora James called her ‘Tax the Rich’ dress for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a ‘powerful message’ — but it’s not one she has taken to heart,” the Post reports.
James’ design company “racked up three open tax warrants in New York state for failing to withhold income taxes from employees’ paychecks totaling $14,798, the state Department of Taxation and Finance told The Post. The debts — which were incurred before the pandemic — stem from 2018 and 2019. The company has been hit with 15 warrants in total since 2015,” the Post reports.
“The company got into a deeper hole with the feds. Between April 2018 and April 2019, the Internal Revenue Service placed six federal liens on Cultural Brokerage Agency totaling $103,220. The liens specifically cite the company’s failure to remit employee payroll taxes,” the Post adds.
While Ocasio-Cortez claims to represent the working class, her dress was made by a designer who refuses to pay worker’s compensation funds.
“In October 2019 the state Worker’s Compensation Board slapped the company with a $17,000 fine for not carrying worker’s-comp insurance between March 2017 and February 2018. The company currently owes $62,722 and no payments have been received to date, a rep for the board told The Post. Workers’ comp is paid out when an employee is hurt at work and misses time,” the Post reports.
And while Ocasio-Cortez and James claim the “Tax The Rich” dress was made to promote a political message, it appears the actual intent was to promote Ocasio-Cortez’ line of designer clothes and a possible political career.
The same “Tax The Rich” logo appears on $58 designer sweatshirts Ocasio-Cortez sells on her website.
With New York state set to lose a congressional seat after redistricting, it is expected New York state Democrats will draw Ocasio-Cortez out of Congress, prompting her to begin promoting her personal brand for a career after Congress.
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All you globalist puppet, libby snow flake sheep should find your first job and get your lazy ass of welfare .
Hypocrites one and all!!
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I have read this over and over again on multiple outlets. When will we read that something has been done about it??
You don’t know liberals, do you? We’re getting our noses rubbed in these shenanigans, and these people do not face retribution for their behavior. It’s a common ploy to generate frustration and enmity against a regime, then monitor the reactions of recipients to justify speech codes and increased security around liberal government officials. Why do you think Numb Nuts had the National Guard stationed around Washington during his coronation?
You won’t.
All kinds of yak,blow and bluster and NOT ONE THING is ever done.
The steam that blows the whistle will NEVER TURN THE WHEELS!
The only thing that will be done about it is her globalists will give her a pay raise to continue to preach globalist agendas .
AOC is the personification of hypocrisy and stupidity. She proves that to become wealthy does not require brains as she has created her wealth by corruption like most other politicians.
Maybe Numb Nuts will use our taxes to bail her out. Then she’ll sew an upside down American Flag on her pantsuit to show her appreciation.
She can ram a spiked Chinese flagpole complete with hammer and sickle up her [expletive deleted].
I’m sure AOC is talking to the IRS about Ms. James as we speak! Because “tax the rich” only goes for Republicans. Even the ones that are not so rich!
The “rich” to many are those with any kind of a work ethic.If it weren’t for venture capitalists taking chances none of us would have had jobs.The “rich” finance buildings,housing projects and a myriad of other things.The rich furnish nice after market cars like my own Lincoln Town Car and make major upgrades to substandard houses and support a wide variety of charities and do so anonymously.Let’s not tax them out of existence because of a jealous attitude from those who have never tasted success at any level.
I’m sure Biden will find a way to write it off just like Obama did for Al Sharpton.
Aoc is an ignorant libtard who opens her large mouth and puts her foot in it. She has no business in congress, she is a liar and an embarrassing communist. Send her and the squad to cuba so they can evaluate the way communists live.
Her and other libtards are the products of ‘THE DUMBING down of America”and I believe that if they had the chance they would pave over our National Cemeteries and build shopping centers on them.I am surprised that that a bill hasn’t been introduced in the House of MISrepresetatives
to allow this desecration to happen and her presence in any level of government proves my point.
Just like Sharpton. She’ll skate
AOC is a incompetent idiot, a truely very stupid person. She shuld have been rejected by both parties from day one but then you have Bernie before her and he has been a political bum since day one also and you see him still in congress. This shoows the truely stupid people out there, you know the ones that vote for these idiots. as the saying goes, “you can’t fix stupid”.
Do as I say and not as I do…has always been their mantra, they’ve been “weaponizing” the IRS against their political opponents, for a long time.
globalist puppet, demonrats doing what globalist puppet, demonrats do . . . . .
raylaser, you nailed it. What hypocrites! Read my lips, do what I say, not as I do!!