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Billionaire U.S. candidate Bloomberg floats plan to tax rich people 'like me'

Billionaire U.S. candidate Bloomberg floats plan to tax rich people 'like me'U.S. democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Saturday proposed major tax hikes on wealthy Americans and corporations, including a new tax aimed at people earning more than $5 million per year. Bloomberg's campaign estimates the measures will raise about $5 trillion over ten years. All major Democratic candidates have called for higher taxes on the rich and Bloomberg's plan helps situate the billionaire former mayor of New York as a relative moderate among Democrats hoping to challenge Republican Donald Trump in the November election.




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