Bernie Sanders pitches new tax plan hitting ultra-wealthy
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Bernie Sanders on Thursday released a plan to significantly raise taxes on the wealthiest 0.2 percent of Americans, the latest in a series of proposals from Democratic presidential contenders to combat income inequality by shifting tax burdens to the upper class.Sanders’ announcement of new legislation adding to the estate tax, which Republicans have long pushed to pare back, comes one week after Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren rolled out a pitch to tax the net […]
