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Line 60: − − ===Reparations=== − Elizabeth Warren supports the [[Democratic Socialists of America|Democratic Socialist]]s call for [[slave]] reparations.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/politics/2020-democrats-race-policy.html</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/430999-warren-harris-back-reparations-for-black-americans-affected-by-slavery</ref><ref>https://www.leftvoice.org/DSA-Votes-for-BDS-Reparations-and-Out-of-the-Socialist-International</ref> Warren did not elaborate if descendants of people who did not own slaves such as [[Native American]]s, [[Republican]]s, [[Italian]]s, [[Polish|Pole]]s, [[Jew]]s, [[Hispanic]]s and other [[ethnic group]]s that migrated to the United States after the [[American Civil War]] would be granted an exemption from paying reparations, or if Americans such as [[Kamala Harris]] and [[Barack Obama]] who have no ancestry connected to North American slaves would qualify.
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Amazon was promised up to $1.5 billion in tax abatements in exchange for the promise of creating 25,000 jobs. Ocasio-Cortez believes a tax abatement is a bucket of cash the government can spend on subways or teachers. Warren called the tax incentives "bribes." Warren tweeted {{quotebox|"How long will we allow giant [[corporation]]s to hold our democracy hostage?"<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/politics/amazon-aoc-democrats-future/index.html</ref>}}
Amazon was promised up to $1.5 billion in tax abatements in exchange for the promise of creating 25,000 jobs. Ocasio-Cortez believes a tax abatement is a bucket of cash the government can spend on subways or teachers. Warren called the tax incentives "bribes." Warren tweeted {{quotebox|"How long will we allow giant [[corporation]]s to hold our democracy hostage?"<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/politics/amazon-aoc-democrats-future/index.html</ref>}}
===Anti-Semitism and the Women's March===
===Anti-Semitism and the Women's March===