Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has released a new plan to tax companies with large pay gaps between their executives and workers.
"The American people are sick and tired of corporate CEOs who now make 300 times more than their average employees, while they give themselves huge bonuses and cut back on the healthcare and pension benefits of their employees," the Democratic presidential candidate said of the plan."It is time to send a message to corporate America: If you do not end your greed and corruption, we will end it for you.
2 million more in taxes, and American Airlines would have paid up to $18.8 million more in taxes."Calling out large corporations for getting away with paying little in taxes is a central part of Sanders' stump speech. The presidential hopeful will often do a call and response with the audience, asking them how much corporations like Amazon have paid in taxes, to which the audience typically replies"zero" in unison.
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