Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Hands Tax Cuts To Wealthy While Housing Cuts Leave Kids with Lead Poisoning, Sewage In Apartments
“New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez believes it is time for the U.S. to address the impact of more than two decades of public housing cuts, which have left children in her district with lead poisoning and asthma issues, while, —she said—the government continues to hand out tax cuts to corporations ‘and the exceedingly wealthy.’ Questioning a panel of experts during a House Committee on Financial Services Committee hearing on the state of housing in America, Ocasio-Cortez asked Adrianne Todman, CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, whether she agreed that trying to make repairs to a home ‘after 20 years of neglect’ would ultimately be ‘much more expensive to repair at the end of that 20 years than if you just invest in routine maintenance.’”