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Bernie Sanders: “I have introduced legis[lation] calling for a 5% annual tax…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:28

So of course we need to demand that the wealthiest people in this country, the billionaire class, start paying their fair share of taxes, which is why I have introduced legis[lation] calling for a 5% annual tax on the wealth of billionaires. That's less than 1,000Americans. And Chris, if we do that, we raise enough revenue to provide a $3,000 check for every man, woman and child in families under 150,000. (06:28–06:36)

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Asserts that Bernie Sanders has proposed a 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires.

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