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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner suggested<\/a> that real plans to tax the rich have not been properly tried in a new interview.<\/p>\n

While appearing on the “More Perfect Union<\/a>” podcast on Thursday, Platner discussed his goal to rein in billionaires, believing that they have “too much power” and are “currently running the country” instead of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Platner was then asked how he could implement policies to go after billionaires, such as higher taxes, that do not also affect small businesses as they have in the past.<\/p>\n

MAINE DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATNER PROMISES HE’LL BE ‘ARRESTED’ AS A SENATOR IF GOP KEEPS CONTROL OF CHAMBER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I think, and I’ll just be upfront, I think that the reason that it’s hit the middle class every time they try is that they’re not actually trying,” Platner said. “Because if they did, it would bother the people that donate the most money to them. And in this political system, that’s all any of these folks seem to care about.”<\/p>\n

Platner remarked that his old college roommate, who became an IRS agent, gave him insight into how government organizations are encouraged to target small businesses over billionaires.<\/p>\n

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“And for years, he would always tell me, he\u2019s like, ‘You know, it’s very funny. When our budget gets cut, our bosses come down and say, it is time to go after small- and medium-sized businesses, because we don’t have the manpower or the resources to go tangle with a billionaire’s legal team.’ It’s much easier just to go down and go after just a small [business],” Platner said.<\/p>\n

He continued, “And what’s amazing to me is we’re doing that, meanwhile, the total amount of uncollected taxes from corporations in this country, is in the hundreds of billions of dollars.”<\/p>\n

‘WE’RE TAXING THE RICH’: NYC MAYOR MAMDANI TOUTS NEW $500M-A-YEAR TAX ON LUXURY SECOND HOMES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to Platner’s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n

Platner’s hope to target billionaires comes as fellow progressive and current New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushes his latest “tax the rich” policy<\/a> on luxury homes.<\/p>\n

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, also recently laughed off concerns<\/a> of wealthy residents leaving her city due to higher taxes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/maine-democrat-graham-platner-claims-tax-rich-policies-arent-trying-enough <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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