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Fortune
Catherina Gioino

Bernie Sanders calls out Bezos, Musk, Bloomberg, and Buffett in billionaire tax push: ‘The richest people in America have never ever had it so good’

Bernie sanders angry pointing (Credit: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU—AFP/Getty Images)

As wealth taxes gain momentum from Sacramento to Washington State, Sen. Bernie Sanders says 938 people stand between most working Americans and a $3,000 check.

In a scathing op-ed published Wednesday in the Guardian, the Vermont senator named every name and put every number on the table. “The richest people in America have never ever had it so good,” he wrote, while mentioning that 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and 85 million are uninsured or underinsured.

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