Bernie Sanders
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That's not what they're doing.
What they're saying is, if you tax me, if a majority of people in California say, yes, we're getting the hell out of here, we're going to punish you.
That's what they're doing is using their power.
And that's arrogance.
And that is the issue you're raising.
And we've got to take them on very boldly.
All right, I would urge everybody to go to our social media and take a look at this.
We have proposed a wealth tax.
The 5% tax on the wealth of, I don't know what it is, 1,000 billionaires in America, 1,000 people in a nation of 340 million people.
What it would mean is we would start off in the first year
in these difficult times and making sure that every family in America of less than $150,000, which is the vast majority of families, each man, woman, and child will get a $3,000 check, all right, first year.
Second of all, Trump threw 15 million people off of healthcare.
We put them right back onto healthcare as we fight for a Medicare for All program, but we keep them getting their healthcare.
We desperately need to deal with the housing crisis.
Our bill would allow us to build 7 million units of low income and affordable housing.
We can solve the childcare crisis in America and do many other things.
And at the end of all that, you know what we've done?
Elon Musk is down to a mere $750, $800 billion.
I know.
I know it'll be hard.