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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Our actual Central systems in our economy, energy, health…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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AOC in Conversation with David Axelrod

Published | Video Starts at 18:27

They have small restaurants. They're trying to pay people. They're trying to do the right thing. They're trying to. To give them good health care. You can't afford any of it because Our actual Central systems in our economy, energy, health care, education, all of it. Food is skyrocketing. Because when we talk about a billionaire class, we're talking about a scale that is not a small business. Yes, but there's a big distance between small businesses and the billionaire class. (18:27–18:39)

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Asserts that costs in central economic systems like energy, health care, education, and food are increasing significantly.

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