“The upper-crust of extremely wealthy families are hell-bent on destroying the democratic vision of a strong middle-class which has made the United States the envy of the world.” Bernie Sanders, social democratic Senator from Vermont, says tax reform is needed to prevent the rise of dangerously powerful American oligarchies: “At a time when we already have a $13 trillion debt, enormous unmet needs and the highest level of wealth inequality in the industrialized world, it is simply obscene to provide more tax breaks to multi-millionaires and billionaires.”