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Bernie Sanders: “A multi zillionaire pays the same amount into Social…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 33:15

You know how you do that? You lift the cap on taxable income. Right now A multi zillionaire pays the same amount into Social Security as somebody making $180,000. Lift that cap, we increase benefits and have Social Security solve it for 75 years. And as Brian mentioned, we have got to raise the minimum wage to a livable wage. (33:15–33:23)

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Asserts that high-income earners pay the same Social Security tax as those earning $180,000.

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