Sanders Says Tax Increases on Lower, Middle Classes Would Pay for Medicare for All Plan

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during his event at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire in a Sept. 29, 2019, file photograph. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he'd raise taxes on nearly all Americans to pay for his socialist Medicare for All plan, proposing a specific tax for the first time.

Sanders, 78, told an audience this week that he would levy a 4 percent income tax on those making more than $29,000 a year.