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Bernie Sanders To Intro 77% Estate Tax On Billionaires

The Washington Post reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will unveil a plan Thursday to dramatically expand the federal estate tax on the wealthy, including a new 77 percent rate on billionaires’ estates, as leading Democratic politicians push new taxes on the richest Americans to combat inequality. Sanders’s bill, the “For the 99.8% Act,” would tax the estates of the 0.2 …

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