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On the recordMarch 16, 2021
I am introducing legislation today to impose an income inequality tax on corporations that pay their CEO over 50 times more than their average workers.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Sanders proposes a tax on corporations with high CEO-to-worker pay ratios.

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