I am not an economist, but I do have some personal experience with the principles of economics and the rules that allow especially Americans to prosper while becoming more self-reliant and less dependent on government.

Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), aka AOC, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, graduated from Boston University cum laude, and then returned to the Bronx and worked as a bartender and waitress to help her mother fight foreclosure of their home. Nothing wrong with that, but her life experience apparently has taught her little. In some recent comments, she claimed that the very wealthy became that way not from salaried work but from investments. A version of this economic envy has been told and retold ever since the days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The central flaw in this "reasoning" is that there is only a fixed amount of money to go around, and if someone makes more than you, it isn't fair. The opposite is true. The money supply is unlimited. People are only limited in the amount they can earn by their talents, persistence, and a willingness to take........

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