U.S. Senator Sanders stated that last year, Amazon (AMZN.US) founder Jeff Bezos sailed a $500 million yacht to Venice, hosted a $55 million wedding, and gave his wife a $5 million ring, while his actual tax rate was less than 1%. Under my proposed 5% billionaire wealth tax, Mr. Bezos would owe $12.7 billion, but his fortune would still remain at $240 billion.
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