Surplus value: AOC's 'Tax the Rich' dress designer reportedly runs 'sweatshop' of unpaid interns, owes thousands in taxes
19 Sep, 2021
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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...
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AOC describes her actions as "all ironic"
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What Ocasio-Cortez has not addressed is the recent controversy surrounding her dress designer.
A New York Post report (https://nypost.com/2021/09/18/aocs-tax-the-rich-dress-designer-aurora-james-is-a-tax-deadbeat/) 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.
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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/)
https://www.rt.com/usa/535268-aoc-met-gala-designer-taxes
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The 'Tax the Rich' dress designer whom @AOC (https://twitter.com/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