Here’s How Much More Democratic Candidates Would Pay Under Their Own Tax Plans
- Democrats would up their own tax bills by thousands of dollars
- Warren, Sanders, Biden got a tax reduction under Trump
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The leading Democratic presidential candidates are promising to pay for their policy visions with new taxes on the wealthy -- and some of the 2020 contenders would have to pay dearly.
The four top-polling candidates – Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris – all earned at least $500,000 last year, according to their tax returns. And they’ve embraced tax-the-rich proposals that could increase levies on themselves and similarly-situated peers as they look to unseat President Donald Trump in 2020.