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Elizabeth Warren: “Oh, yes, I do. Look, let`s remind everybody what the wealth tax is, and that is, this is for fortunes bigger than $50…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2021
Oh, yes, I do. Look, let`s remind everybody what the wealth tax is, and that is, this is for fortunes bigger than $50 million. Your first $50 million is free and clear, but your $50,000,001, you`ve got to pay two cents, at two cents on every dollar of wealth above that, until you hit a billion, then you get to add a little bit more. This would affect the top one-tenth of 1 percent in American. And it would be a way to raise about $3 trillion in revenue.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Warren discusses the wealth tax and its implications for the top earners in America.

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