Under Donald Trump's tax plan, the top 1% would see their after-tax incomes increase substantially, gaining over $250,000 on average. In contrast, Bernie Sanders' tax plan is designed to fund universal healthcare, and would significantly decrease after-tax incomes for the top 1%, costing them on average nearly $160,000. The Trump plan favors the wealthy over middle and lower income groups, while the Sanders plan aims to redistribute resources from the highest earners to support social programs.

1. Source: Citizens for Tax Justice, September 2015 and February 2016.
Populism and Plutocrats: A Taxing Tale
Change in after-tax
income, 2016, under
Trump tax plan
The conventional media take on the 2016 White House race paints both Bernie
Sanders and Donald Trump as outsiders out to shake up the system. But Trump’s
shaking, an analysis of the candidates’ tax plans shows, would leave the big
winners under America’s current system — the 1 percent — winning even bigger.
$250 $2,571
$184,268
$0
$60,000
$120,000
$180,000
Bottom
20%
Middle
20%
Top 1%
$450 $3,240
($180,000)
($120,000)
($60,000)
$0
$60,000
Bottom
20%
Middle
20%
Top 1%
Change in after-tax income,
2016, under Sanders tax plan
Under the Sanders tax plan, designed to fund his program for universal health
coverage, 1 percenters would end up paying far more in taxes than they do now.
After-tax increase
in top 1% incomes
After-tax decrease
in top 1% incomes
$159,980