“Billionaires should not exist” does not mean certain people should not exist. It means no person should have a billion dollars. The ascent of billionaires is a symptom & outcome of an immoral system that tells people affordable insulin is impossible but exploitation is fine,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in her tweet.

She was responding to an interview of Blackstone’s Schwarzman who was quoted as saying that “Maybe Bernie Sanders should not exist”, in reference to another tweet from Sen. Sanders in which he also called for “Billionaires shouldn’t exist.

“Billionaires should not exist” does not mean certain people should not exist. It means no person should have a billion dollars. The ascent of billionaires is a symptom & outcome of an immoral system that tells people affordable insulin is impossible but exploitation is fine. https://t.co/fjxKOGIdc2 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 2, 2019

She echoed Bernie Sanders who said