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2020 Presidential candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed a number of changes to the U.S. tax code, including a corporate income tax increase, changes to payroll taxes, and an “extreme wealth tax.” You can explore all of our research and analysis of Bernie Sanders’s tax plans below.

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