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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Floats 5% Annual Wealth Tax On Billionaires At Rally With Graham Platner - Forbes Breaking News
During a "Fight Oligarchy" event on Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke about imposing a 5 annual wealth tax on billionaires. - 05/26/2026.
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Bernie Sanders Floats 5% Annual Wealth Tax On Billionaires At Rally With Graham Platner - Forbes Breaking News (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
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We need to go back to the taxation policies of the Eisenhower administration
Rhiannon12866
Tuesday
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buzzycrumbhunger
(2,224 posts)1. 5% seems pretty low...
I much prefer the numbers I see floating around saying anything over $X is taxas in the oligarchs should fund everything for the rest of us. Youd think theyd pay happily if the alternative is that we eat them.
multigraincracker
(38,119 posts)2. Minimum mandatory income tax.
Plus remove all caps from SS tax. Thatd be about another 24%.
Rhiannon12866
(259,458 posts)3. We need to go back to the taxation policies of the Eisenhower administration
Though the way that the felon-in-chief is spending/grifting taxation dollars, that may not even be enough...
Uncle Joe
(65,647 posts)4. Kicked and recommended
Thanks for the thread Rhiannon
Rhiannon12866
(259,458 posts)5. Thanks, Uncle Joe!