Next On Bernie’s List To Tax… The Air You Breathe

Bernie Sanders calls for income over $1 billion to be taxed at 100%: ’People can make it on $999 million’

Fortune–Longtime wealth tax advocate Sen. Bernie Sanders has argued that all earnings above $1 billion in the U.S. should be confiscated by the government.

In an interview with HBO Max’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, the Vermont senator was questioned about his long-standing view that billionaires should not exist.

“Are you basically saying that once you get to $999 million, the government should confiscate all the rest?” he was asked—to which Sanders responded: “Yeah.”

“You may disagree with me, but I think people can make it on $999 million,” Sanders added. “I think that they can survive just fine.”

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Meanwhile In Detroit – Even The Roaches Are Packing Heat

Man throws shoe with revolver inside at cockroach, shoots self in foot, police say

DETROIT — A man has a bullet wound after he attempted to throw a shoe with a loaded gun in it at a cockroach, police say.

WDIV reported that a 50-year-old man was in his home in Detroit when he saw the roach. The man, who uses a wheelchair, threw his shoe at the roach. It had a revolver inside and when it fell out, it discharged and shot him in his foot, according to police.

The man’s condition is not known…