Taxation on the Joe Rogan Experience
2 fact-checked claims across 1 episode · Aug 2019 · updated Jul 10, 2026
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“That will cost $2.2 trillion... We do this through a tax on Wall Street speculation, which will bring in $2.4 trillion. We bailed out Wall Street 11 years ago.”
Sanders claims cancelling all student debt and making public college tuition-free would cost $2.2 trillion, fully funded by a Wall Street speculation tax projected to raise $2.4 trillion.
“So as you indicated, you have a company like Amazon owned by Jeff Bezos, who happens to be the wealthiest guy in America worth about $150 billion. Amazon paid …”
Sanders claims Jeff Bezos is worth about $150 billion and that Amazon paid zero federal income tax.