Democrats say, "Tax the Rich"

So, to answer Abdul about if you want good roads or a billionaire--you get the best roads and the most opportunity when you have a system that encourages the creation of billionaires;

Douglas V. Gibbs , Bio and Archives--August 30, 2026

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In a recent interview on FOX News, Jesse Watters asked Abdul El-Sayed (DSA Senatorial Candidate in Michigan) about his call to tax the rich, and go after their wealth. Abdul responded, "Do you want to drive on good roads or would you rather have a billionaire make a second billion? Do you want good roads and good schools? They pay so that everyone can have a little bit more." He then accused Jesse of being for billionaires over average people. "I thought you were for the everyday man," he said. "Billionaires don’t make their money off of their labor. If we tax them, they're still going to make money off of their money."

Jesse responded with a relatively good answer, but didn't have the time to go deeper into his argument. Jesse said, "I think I have the right to the fruits of my own labor. I don’t like politicians like you capping how much people can make in America."

The truth of it all is that Abdul was throwing around socialist rhetoric that is based on economic fallacies and a fundamentally flawed understanding of wealth creation. The Democrats have always had this “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” argument, basically deducting that wealth is finite. Abdul was and is arguing that if the billionaire makes another billion, there won’t be enough money left for “good roads and schools.”

Wealth is created. And if that billionaire makes another billion, it not only did not come out of the pockets of........

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