- Bernie Sanders Tax Plan Moderate On Top Income Tax Rate: "Ironically, you could make a case that his plan is more conservative than many of the Republican plans. We have had a progressive income tax and an estate for about a century now." http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2016/01/19/bernie-sanders-tax-plan-moderate-on-top-income-tax-rate/#2715e4857a0b224b94777067 36 comments politics