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Rhiannon12866

(260,975 posts)
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:10 PM May 26

Bernie 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 May 26 OP
5% seems pretty low... buzzycrumbhunger May 26 #1
Minimum mandatory income tax. multigraincracker May 26 #2
We need to go back to the taxation policies of the Eisenhower administration Rhiannon12866 May 26 #3
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe May 26 #4
Thanks, Uncle Joe! Rhiannon12866 May 26 #5

buzzycrumbhunger

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1. 5% seems pretty low...
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:16 PM
May 26

I much prefer the numbers I see floating around saying anything over $X is tax—as in the oligarchs should fund everything for the rest of us. You’d think they’d pay happily if the alternative is that we eat them.

Rhiannon12866

(260,975 posts)
3. We need to go back to the taxation policies of the Eisenhower administration
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:23 PM
May 26

Though the way that the felon-in-chief is spending/grifting taxation dollars, that may not even be enough...

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