The wealth disparity in the US is the widest in the world. We KNOW corporate subsidies and tax breaks do not benefit the middle class or poor on any significant level. It's simply a myth they would choose to invest the extra money into lower level work forces. Why pay the fast food worker more if republican policy allows the fat cats to just keep the money they save from tax loopholes or meat subsidies? No point in that for them. There is no incentive.
"Under this legislation," the proposal noted above a list of billionaires in America, "the families of all 657 billionaires in America who have a combined net worth of over $4.26 trillion would owe up to $2.7 trillion in estate taxes."
Estate tax proposal from Bernie Sanders would mean big bills for America's wealthiest
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently introduced an estate tax plan that specifically lists the wealthiest Americans.www.yahoo.com
Everybody should be taxed the same percentage, from Bezos to the panhandler on the street. The government shouldn't give anybody anything unless they give it to everybody, no foodstamps unless everybody gets it. If you do that I'm perfectly fine with it. Everybody should be treated exactly the same no matter your situation in life.