Jeff Bezos Gives AOC a Basic Economics Lesson After She Claims No One Can 'Earn' Billions
By Michael Schwarz
May 20, 2026 at 12:23pm
Believe it or not, conservatives have always had an uneasy relationship with capitalism.
In short, after centuries of debate, many of us have accepted it as the least of all possible evils.
Thus, even in an age of populist-nationalist sentiment, symbolized (at least in spirit) by President Donald Trump’s political ascendancy, a conservative Christian, without abandoning Christianity’s warnings against worshipping wealth, may largely nod along in agreement with Amazon mega-billionaire Jeff Bezos, who provided a sound explanation of why Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had it wrong earlier this month when she declared that no one can “earn” a billion dollars.
“It’s not correct on its face,” Bezos said in an interview Wednesday with CNBC’s Andrew Sorkin that was posted to the social media platform X. “Let me give you a simple example. Let’s say you start a burger joint, and you have 10 employees, and you make a little bit of money.[:40]
https://www.westernjournal.com/jeff-bezos-gives-aoc-basic-economics-lesson-claims-no-one-can-earn-billions/
