http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/09/23/sanders_surtax_on_wealthy_draws_support/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uYrhh935h0I&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uYrhh935h0I&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>WASHINGTON, Vt.Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says his proposal for a new surtax on the wealthy to pay for a bailout of the financial services industry is drawing support.
Sanders says he posted a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson about the proposal on his Web site, and that it drew more than 8,000 citizen co-signers in the first 24 hours.
The Vermont independent says the bailout should be paid for with a surcharge on taxes paid by individuals making more than $500,000 a year or couples earning more than $1 million a year.
The senator says he doesn't want the costs of the bailout to be borne by the middle class
The lone socialist senator shaking things up.
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