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An Analysis of Senator Bernie Sanders's Tax Proposals

Frank Sammartino, James R. Nunns, Leonard E. Burman, Jeffrey Rohaly, Joseph Rosenberg
March 4, 2016
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposes significant increases in federal income, payroll, business, and estate taxes, and new excise taxes on financial transactions and carbon. New revenues would pay for universal health care, education, family leave, rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, and more. TPC estimates the tax proposals would raise $15.3 trillion over the next decade. All income groups would pay some additional tax, but most would come from high-income households, particularly those with the very highest income. His proposals would raise taxes on work, saving, and investment, in some cases to rates well beyond recent historical experience in the US.

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