AOC's 'Tax The Rich" Dress Designer Owes Taxes, Runs 'Sweatshop'

[G.L.R.]

Surplus value: AOC's 'Tax the Rich' dress designer reportedly  runs 'sweatshop' of unpaid interns, owes thousands in taxes

19 Sep, 2021



The "Tax the rich" dress worn by AOC was designed by a tax evader

The decision by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to attend the recent  Met Gala with a 'Tax the Rich' dress looks even worse now that a report  has highlighted the business practices of the actual designer of the  'social justice' dress. Attending the  celebrity-filled Met Gala event while she rages about the coronavirus  pandemic regularly on social media was already bad optics for  Ocasio-Cortez. Worse, however, is sporting a 'Tax the Rich' statement  sprawled across the type of dress few Americans will wear at an event  fewer will ever attend on top of a government-guaranteed income that  puts most working class people to shame...

*
AOC describes her actions as "all ironic"
*

What Ocasio-Cortez has not addressed is the recent controversy surrounding her dress designer. A New York Post report suggests that Aurora James seems to have difficulty paying her own fair share of taxes, not to mention paying workers. According  to the report, she has six IRS tax liens totaling over $100,000 and  three open tax warrants in New York for failing to withhold taxes from  employees' checks and failing to carry workers' compensation insurance. 

It's not just the government getting stiffed either. James has reportedly had trouble paying rent as well, settling a previous eviction action after owing over $25,000 in rent and staying beyond her lease.  Another lawsuit from a former landlord also claimed she owed thousands. Worst  of all, James has been described as running a 'hostile' work  environment, with former employees claiming they faced harassment and  were often told to do James' personal tasks that went far beyond their  job descriptions. James has relied heavily on utilizing unpaid interns  for full time work, as well.  The new details have only made Ocasio-Cortez's splashy night look all the worse – she's also facing an  ethics complaint for accepting a free ticket to the fashion event.

Surplus value: AOC's 'Tax the Rich' dress designer reportedly runs 'sweatshop' of unpaid interns, owes thousands in taxes — RT USA News
https://www.rt.com/usa/535268-aoc-met-gala-designer-taxes

[G.L.R.]

Frank Luntzn @FrankLuntz

The 'Tax the Rich' dress designer whom @AOC went to the Met Gala with:
• Owes $103,220 in back taxes
• Received $41,666 in PPP • Has 'legions' of unpaid interns
• Owes $62,722 in workers comp
• Still found $250,000 for a table at the Met Gala