Beto Dodges Question On 70% Tax Rate and Starts Speaking Spanish Instead
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Beto Dodges Question On 70% Tax Rate and Starts Speaking Spanish Instead

During the first Democratic debate of the year, Savannah Guthrie asked Beto O’Rourke a simple questions, “Some Democrats want marginal, individual tax rate of 70% of the very highest earners, those making more than $10 million a year. Would you support that, and if not, what would be your top individual rate be?”

Remember, Beto isn’t the brightest and he’s also a politician so you know this question wasn’t going to get a good answer.

So what Beto did was dodge the question by first saying, “This economy has got to work for everyone, and right now, we know that it isn’t. And it’s gonna take all of us coming together to make sure that it does.”

But then, he goes off and just starts speaking Spanish to use up his time.

He then proceeded to say a few more irrelevant things,

“Right now we have a system that favors those who can pay for access and outcomes, that’s how you explain an economy that is rigged to corporations and to the very wealthiest. A $2 trillion tax cut that favored corporations while they were sitting on record piles of cash for the very wealthiest in this country at a time of historic wealth inequality.”

“A new democracy that is revived because we have returned power to the people; no PACs, no gerrymandering, automatic and same-day registration to bring in more voters and a newer voting rights act to get rid of the barriers that are in place, now. That’s how we each have a voice in our democracy and make this economy work for everybody.”

Ryan Saavedra tweeted, “Savannah Guthrie asks Beto O’Rourke if he would support a 70% marginal tax rate O’Rourke refuses to answer the question and starts speaking Spanish Guthrie presses him again O’Rourke again refuses to answer”

Guthrie then gave Beto another chance to answer the question and he just dodged it once again saying, ”

“I would support a tax code and tax rate that is fair to everyone. Tax capital at the same rate that you tax ordinary income; take that corporate tax rate up to 28%, you would generate the revenues you need to pay for the programs we are talking about.”

Some of the responses on Twitter are hilarious. Matt Walsh tweeted,

Moderator: “Mr. O’Rourke, what do you think about this specific tax plan?”

Beto: “Well you see I know Spanish.”

Moderator: “Yeah but the tax plan…”

Beto: “Hola como estas”

Kassy Dillon said, “This is just a contest of who can speak the most Spanish…”

 

Written by Jon Archer - June 27, 2019