Bernie Sanders rails against billionaire ‘greed’ amid California tax battle

In a fiery speech in Los Angeles, the Vermont senator criticizes grotesque' levels of economic inequality

Billionaires are treading on very, very thin ice," Bernie Sanders warned on Wednesday during a fiery speech in Los Angeles, imploring California voters to fight grotesque" levels of economic inequality by approving a proposed tax on the state's richest residents.

The Vermont senator railed against the greed", arrogance" and moral turpitude" of the nation's ruling class", calling it fairly disgusting" that some ultra-wealthy tech leaders have fled California - or are threatening to do so, if the proposed wealth tax becomes law.