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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
Is it not correct that if we did nothing more than restore the income and capital gains tax rates to where they were in 2000 for the wealthiest two percent of Americans earning $250,000 a year or more, that we could raise more than $200 billion over the next decade?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders argues for tax rate restoration to increase revenue from the wealthy.

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