# Top democratic socialist makes a fool of herself as she can’t explain what ‘taxing the rich’ means

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/top-democratic-socialist-makes-a-fool-of-herself-as-she-cant-explain-what-taxing-the-rich-means/
- Published: 2026-08-10T20:28:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-24T12:23:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16042145/Top-democratic-socialist-fool-taxing-rich.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- DSA co-chair Megan Romer couldn't clearly define "taxing the rich" in interview
- She spoke vaguely of exploitation rather than specific policy figures
- Later on social media, she listed concrete tax proposals, including 90%+ rates

## Summary

Megan Romer, co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, struggled to give a clear definition of the organisation's tax policy when questioned during a New Yorker Radio Hour interview with David Remnick. Asked to explain what she meant by "taxing the hell out of millionaires," Romer repeatedly failed to give specifics, instead speaking in general terms about democracy, dependence and exploitation, prompting criticism online over the apparent lack of a concrete policy behind the slogan.

The interview, posted on 7 August, saw Remnick press Romer several times on where she would draw the line on wealth, to which she replied that the method by which people acquired their money mattered more than a fixed threshold, and that most billionaires had gained their wealth through exploiting workers. Following the exchange, and after being challenged directly on social media, Romer later set out more detail, citing higher marginal income tax rates above 90% for high earners, steep inheritance taxes, caps on executive pay, capital gains taxes, tighter rules on offshore accounts and higher taxes on second homes.

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