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Bernie Sanders Hits Back At Billionaire Investor Complaining About âBullsh tâ Tax Hikes
by : Hannah Smith on : 29 Jan 2021 16:40
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Bernie Sanders has hit back at a billionaire investor who went viral after complaining about possible new tax hikes targeting Wall Street investors.
In an interview with
CNBC, Leon Cooperman, a billionaire hedge fund investor, described calls to redistribute Wall Street wealth by making investors pay higher tax rates as a âbullsh t conceptâ and âa way of attacking wealthy peopleâ
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Itâs fair to say that Sanders wasnât exactly impressed with what Cooperman â who is thought to be worth around $3 billion â had to say. The Vermont senator took to Twitter to respond to the Wall Street big-wig, offering his views in typical Bernie fashion, posting, âOh look, another billionaire is mad that he might have to pay more taxes while children in America go hungry and veterans sleep o