What Graham Platner has said about Wealth tax
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 1, 2026
Graham Platner, Presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, has been quoted on Wealth tax 2 times in 1 episode of Up First from NPR, most recently on June 1, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Platner defines the working class as those living mainly on wages rather than income from hoarded wealth.
“If the bulk of the money that you get to – live comes from wages, comes from working, and you are not just sitting on an immense amount of hoarded wealth”
Up First from NPR: Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 10:44
Platner argues taxes should be raised on the wealth of all U.S. billionaires, not just income, rebutting Jeff Bezos.
“We're raising it on all 930 billionaires in the United States. It's why we're also not just going after your income, but I think we have to go after the wealth as well”
Up First from NPR: Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 15:24
Episodes
Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s NewsmakersUp First from NPR · Jun 1, 2026 · 48 min
Leila Fadel interviews Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner about his working-class politics, past controversies, masculinity, the Iran war, Pete Hegseth, and beating Susan Collins.
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