Liberal Forum

You can’t earn a billion dollars,” stated U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) during a May 2026 interview on Ilana Glazer's It's Open podcast. She argued that fortunes of that scale are structurally unearned and instead built through systemic exploitation.

Kamala Harris's campaign and affiliated committees spent roughly $1.5 billion in just 15 weeks during the 2024 presidential race. The campaign maintained a high burn rate, averaging approximately $100 million in weekly spending after she became the nominee.