[irishjuggler]

These guys didn’t get where they are by being idiots. When and if Bernie implemented his plan, rest assured that these fellows would find ways of NOT paying the aforementioned amounts by whatever means necessary (i.e., finagling exemptions, moving out of the country, the sky’s the limit).

[who_would_fardels_bear]

$9 billion (adjusted for loopholes) = $37.53

[JudgemAll]

Bezos and his liberal paper.... these idiot billionaire libs still do not seem to think it smells enough of communism.

[JudgemAll]

Ok, whoppteedo Bernie, it totals to not even 100 billions. A drop in the bucket.

[Bob434]

Gee- $100 BILLION DOLLARS in taxes- guess what? We throw over $600 BILLION DOLLARS away on illegals every single year!

Get a life dems- taxing billionaires is NOT going to pay for your idiotic ‘free everything’ agendas!

[2ndDivisionVet]

I may take the Singaporean real estate agent’s exam if this passes. 6% of a huge sum is a huge sum.

[ETCM]

We already have a tax system that forces corporations to keep profits overseas, why not do the same with wealthy people? We will enjoy a small “tax collection windfall” for a couple years, followed by steady declines as the wealthy keep their fortunes out of the reach of the IRS.

[the_Watchman]

The Amazon CEO would pay more in annual wealth taxes than the net worth of the 50 richest Americans as listed by Forbes.

Unless Forbes list is entirely wrong, I do not see how this could possibly be a true statement. Shouldn't Bezos be in that top 50 list of richest Americans? If so, the statement implies that Bezos would pay more than his own net worth.

[bkopto]

I like these taxes.

These billionaires are your enemies. Tax them to death.

[Tax-chick]

Meh. Chump change compared to what Bernie wants to spend.

[norwaypinesavage]

"I don’t think billionaires should exist,” Sanders told The New York Times. If his tax plan were put into effect, billionaires would lose half their wealth in 15 years.

OK then Bernie, so then where do you get the trillions to pay for your programs when they're gone? BTW, it will take far less than 15 years for them to get their wealth out of the US. Billionaires aren't that dumb, you know.

[I want the USA back]

Not a tax. Confiscation of savings/investments/property. “Tax” is on income, earned/unearned.

Europe has this. Seizure of accumulated wealth.

[sushiman]

eff Bezos,Amazon king,richest man in the world,could give each of his 647,000 employees $100,000 and still have $50 billion bucks left.His Whole Foods employees who work 20 hours a week,get health coverage. He’s changing that,now his workers must work 30 hours a week to get health coverage,causing 2,000 of them to lose health coverage !Fluck Amazon !

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

If Amazon/Bezos hadn’t lobbied and used all those tax breaks, and paid some taxes, I doubt this would be an issue. He knows it’s wrong.