… or a nurse, we must demand that the 1% and large, profitable corporations start paying their fair share of taxes. And I want to tell you, and that is why I introduced legislation to establish a 5% annual wealth tax on the 938 billionaires in America. who collectively are worth more than $8 trillion. And I want to just to give you an example of how insane the level of inequality is in America, I want to tell you what this legislation would accomplish. (31:59–32:19)
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Asserts that Bernie Sanders introduced a bill for a 5% wealth tax on billionaires.
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