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938 people would pay more. 130 million families could receive up to $12,000.
Bernie Sanders says that is what fairness looks like.

On March 2, 2026, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act. The proposal would place a 5 percent annual tax on Americans with a net worth above $1 billion.

It would impact just 938 individuals and is projected to generate about $4.4 trillion over the next decade, based on estimates from UC Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman.

In its first year, the plan would provide $3,000 per person to households earning under $150,000, or $12,000 for a family of four. The remaining funds would be used to restore $1.1 trillion in healthcare cuts, expand Medicare to include dental, vision, and hearing, limit childcare costs to 7 percent of income, and establish a $60,000 minimum salary for public school teachers.

The bill is unlikely to pass in the current Republican-controlled Congress. Critics argue it could harm the economy and point to past proposals in places like California that led some billionaires to relocate. Sanders maintains that when wealth becomes too concentrated, democracy itself is at risk.

WE ARE A GENERATION THAT WILL NEVER COME
BACK.
A generation that walked to school and then walked
back.
A generation that did their homework alone to get out
asap to play in the street.
A generation that spent all their free time in the streets
with their Friends.
A generation that played hide and seek when dark.
A generation that made mud cakes.
A generation that collected sports cards.
A generation that found, collected and washed &
Returned empty coke bottles to the local grocery store
for 5 cents each, then bought a Mountain Dew and
candy bar with the money.
A generation that made paper toys with their bare
hands.
A generation who bought vinyl albums to play on record
players.
A generation that collected photos and albums of
clippings of their life experiences as a Kid.
A generation that played board games and cards on
rainy days.
A generation whose TV went off at midnight after
playing the National Anthem.
A generation that had parents who were there.
A generation that laughed under the covers in bed so
parents didn't know we were still awake.
A generation that is passing and unfortunately it will
never return no matter how hard we try.
I loved Growing up when I did. It was the best of times.