AOC's 'Tax the Rich' designer accused of leaving small business

Here is a headline that writes itself. Aurora James, the designer who made AOC's "Tax the Rich" Met Gala dress, is now accused of dodging a bill from a small business that allegedly helped make her brand what it is. The lawsuit claims she left them holding the bag for over a million bucks.

You couldn't ask for a better metaphor for the modern left. They wear the slogans, they pose for the cameras, and then they quietly skip out on the working people who actually do the labor. The irony isn't just rich, it's staring AOC and her fan club right in the face. These are the same people who lecture us about "fair share" and "economic justice," yet here's the architect of their virtue signaling unable to pay the plumber.

The details of the case are brutal. The small business in question is the kind of operation progressives claim to champion, a family-owned shop that didn't get paid for its work. They aren't a hedge fund. They didn't offshore their money. They took a contract in good faith and got stiffed. We're supposed to believe that the people who did this to them have the moral authority to run the economy?

The left's economic policy is a costume. They dress up in populism for a night at the museum, then treat actual small businesses like ATMs they don't have to refill. Virtue is easy when someone else pays for the dress. The real "tax the rich" crowd should start with their own unpaid invoices. It’s a shame the dress wasn’t made of something more honest, because the only thing "transparent" about this whole affair is the contempt they have for the little guy.