In an interview with HBO Maxs Whos Talking to Chris Wallace, the Vermont senator was questioned about his long-standing view that billionaires should not exist.

Are you basically saying that once you get to $999 million, the government should confiscate all the rest? he was askedto which Sanders responded: Yeah.

You may disagree with me, but I think people can make it on $999 million, Sanders added. I think that they can survive just fine.

Earlier this year, Sanders published Its OK to Be Angry About Capitalism. During Fridays show, he responded to questions on whether billionaires could actually boost the economy by creating employment.

You can have a vibrant economy without [a handful of] people owning more wealth than the bottom half of American society, he said, adding that if he had things his way those making a whole lot of money would have to pay a whole lot of money.

Sanders has long touted the idea of imposing much higher taxes on the wealthiest factions of U.S. society, proposing a wealth tax in 2019 when he was running to be the Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential election.

The Vermont independent senator called for the richest 0.1% of American householdsor those with a net worth of more than $32 millionto be liable for a new annual tax, with the tax rate increasing with net worth.

Under his proposal, a married couple with a net worth of $32 million would have paid a 1% wealth tax, while wealth over $10 billion would have been taxed at 8%.

Under this plan, the wealth of billionaires would be cut in half over 15 years, which would substantially break up the concentration of wealth and power of this small privileged class, Sanders argued during his campaign.

Sanders dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination seven months before the election, admitting that the path toward victory is virtually impossible despite his campaign enjoying a strong start.

It was the second time Sanders had run to compete in the presidential election, running against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Taxing the wealth of Americas über-rich has garnered support from many high-profile individuals in recent years, including Ray Dalio, Mark Cuban, and Disney heiress Abigail Disney.

The American public also appears to support the concept of hiking taxes on the elite, with 57% of Americans saying billionaires were taxed too little in the U.S. in a YouGov poll last year.

An earlier poll, conducted by Reuters and Ipsos in 2020, found that the majority of 4,441 Americans believed the very rich should contribute an extra share of their total wealth each year to support public programs.

Employers have been taking note. While some companies are kind of pushing the return to work, there are lots of companies out there that are saying, No, youve been just as productive and were going to keep working remote,' says Monique Mollere, senior vice president at staffing firm Talascend.

Additionally, employers are competing fiercely for skilled professionals in high-demand industries such as AI and engineering. They may allow working from home as an added benefit if thats what it takes to hire the right person. 

Companies tend to pay remote hires well in positions that help them bring in new customers or make their operations more profitable. They are investingin jobs that will deliver growth on the top line or will deliver growth through cost-cutting on the bottom line, says Amy Feind Reeves, founder and CEO of JobCoachAmy.

9 work-from-home jobs that pay $95,000 and up

If youre looking for a job that allows you to work from homeand pays a competitive salaryconsider one of the following roles. 

1. Data scientist

• Median pay: $100,910*
• Education required: Bachelors degree in a field such as mathematics, statistics or computer science
• Experience required: Depending on the employer, industry-specific experience might be needed
• Projected 10-year job growth: 36% (much faster than average)

Data scientists explore and analyze data, as well as organize it into useful formats and apply statistical techniques to extract insights. They also share reports, summaries, and visual presentations with decision-makers in their companies. Data scientists serve as a resource for their colleagues, but they typically dont need to collaborate face-to-face for their primary tasks, which makes their job well-suited for remote work.

2. Mechanical engineer

• Median pay: $95,300*
• Education required: Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering
• Experience required: At least four years; specialized licensing may be required for leadership positions
• Projected 10-year job growth: 2% (slower than average)

Mechanical engineers design devices and systems that generate or use power. They may research technical problems, create prototypes, and troubleshoot machines. Mechanical engineers work in a variety of sectors, including energy, transportation, aerospace, manufacturing, and medicine. Because mechanical engineers use software to build designs and run simulations, they can often work from home and collaborate virtually with other members of their teams.

3. Software developer

• Median pay: $109,020*
• Education required: Bachelors degree in computer science or a related subjectsome employers may require a masters degree as well
• Experience required: None
• Projected 10-year job growth: 25% (much faster than average)

Software developers build computer programs, apps, databases, or computer systems. They test software and ensure it functions as intended. They may work for companies that sell software programs, but they can also find jobs in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and aerospace. 

4. Sales manager

• Median pay: $127,490*
• Education required: Bachelors degree with coursework in business, management, or finance
• Experience required: One to five years of sales experience 
• Projected 10-year job growth: 5% (as fast as average)

Sales managers reach out to prospects and sell products or services. They may support existing customers and liaise with the product development team. They also analyze sales, create business plans, and supervise other salespeople. The most lucrative positions often involve selling to other businesses in hot fields such as software or green energy.

5. Human resources manager

• Median pay: $126,230*
• Education required: Bachelors degree
• Experience required: Five years of experience as a human resources specialist or  related role
• Projected 10-year job growth: 7% (as fast as average)

Human resources managers help companies grow and organize their workforces. Some HR functions, such as conducting performance evaluations and disciplining employees, usually need to happen in person. However, managers who focus on recruiting talent, interviewing candidates, and evaluating job applications can often work from home and connect with candidates by phone or video chat.  

6. Information security analyst

• Median pay: $102,600*
• Education required: Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, or mathematics
• Experience required: Less than five years of experience in a related role, such as a network administrator
• Projected 10-year job growth: 35% (much faster than average)

Information security analysts use software tools to help keep a companys data secure. They watch out for threats, patch weaknesses in computer systems, and investigate cyberattacks. They also pull data and create reports to share with their companys decision makers.  

7. Marketing manager

• Median pay: $133,380*
• Education required: Bachelors degree in marketing, communications, or a similar field
• Experience required: Experience in marketing, sales, or public relations
• Projected 10-year job growth: 10% (Faster than average)

Marketing managers craft marketing campaigns and develop promotional materials. They oversee marketing budgets and determine which channels to target, as well as monitor the progress of campaigns, adjusting them as needed to generate more sales. Roles that are heavy on marketing analytics or social media management are more likely to be remote.

8. Financial analyst

• Median pay: $95,570*
• Education required: Bachelors degree in business
• Experience required: None
• Projected 10-year job growth: 9% (faster than average)

Financial analysts help companies make sense of financial data. They track trends in the economy, monitor investment performance, and analyze the profit potential of new initiatives. Financial analysts who compile data and generate reports for their colleagues may be able to work from wherever they have internet access.

9. Project manager

• Median pay: $94,500*
• Education required: Bachelors degree in business or a technical field
• Experience required: Depending on the employer, candidates may need experience in business analytics or a similar role
• Projected 10-year job growth: 7% (as fast as average)

Project managers interface with customers to learn about their needs and set goals for a project. They monitor project timelines, coordinate talent to work on tasks, and make sure the project stays on track. Project managers are more likely to be allowed to do their jobs from home in tech-heavy fields such as engineering, fintech, or software development, where employees can work on computers most of the time and collaborate over tools such as Slack or Teams.

The takeaway 

There are many well-paying remote jobs out there, but its always important to do your research and verify that a company is legitimate before applying for a remote position. The first thing that I would do is to make sure that the company has a website, says Nancy Drees, founder of Vacaré Group, a talent acquisition consulting company. If they dont have a website, then dont even pursue it. You can also check LinkedIn and employee reviews sites to make sure the company is an established employer with a good reputation.

Reeves adds that its also a good idea to email the company and ask for more details about the job. Confirm that its a fully remote role, and try to find out the salary range and what the work entails. If you dont get any more information, theyre not really hiring that urgently or hiring for something thats legitimate, she says.

*Median salaries based on 2021 numbers from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics

The good doctor quickly made a diagnosis: Bondi was stoned.

On his walk, a sniff must have led Bondi to a discarded joint, which he ate.

He was just doing his usual exploring everything, sniffing everything, said Briggs, who began to notice the pot shops sprouting up around New York City, the frequent whiffs of marijuana while circling her Manhattan neighborhood and the unfinished joints now littering sidewalks.

In places like New York City, where the first legal recreational pot dispensary opened last year, users can smoke it in the open. As a result, more dogs are coming across and eating discarded joints and edibles, prompting alarm among veterinarians and pet owners who blame the steep rise in poisonings on smokers oblivious to the harm they can do by littering.

Marijuana poisonings, which are almost never fatal, were once rare among pets, even when medical dispensaries started opening, according to Dr. Amy Attas, a New York City veterinarian. Until recently, many occurred at home, when pets got into their owners stashes.

The reason were seeing so many cases is that people are using marijuana on the street and then discarding the unwanted ends of their joints, Attas said. And thats a real problem because dogs will eat those.

In the first three months of the year, she had already seen six cases, which is about the same number shes treated over the past three decades. Multiply that by the number of vets working in New York City, she said, and the result underscores the widening problem.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said cases are rising nationwide. Last year, there was an 11% increase from the roughly 6,200 cases reported in 2021, and over the past five years, there has been a 300% increase.

To me, it is unbelievable how prevalent this now is, said Attas.

Twenty-one states have legalized the recreational use of cannabis, and in large urban areas like New York, theres no escaping the whiff of pot in public.

In many cases, owners are unaware that their dogs have eaten a leftover joint until they begin showing signs of toxicity. Even then, owners might not understand what is ailing their pets.

Sue Scott was in a panic when her 9-month-old fawn pug, Circe, collapsed after a recent walk. Circes paws splayed out on the floor, her head shook to-and-fro and she drooled.

A million things were running through my head, said Scott, 68. Marijuana poisoning was not among them. I would never had thought that, she said.

Scott made a video call to Dr. Attas, who said Circe was showing all the signs of being high. She now keeps Circe on a shorter leash, mindful of where she pokes her nose.

I dont know if you know pugs theyre constantly on the lookout for their next morsel, said Scott, who has owned four other pugs, none of whom ever returned home stoned. But sometimes its pretty tough to control them because they are so fast. Theyll just dart at something.

Although dogs rarely die from marijuana poisoning, treatment can be expensive, sometimes requiring a trip to the animal emergency room, a stomach pump and intravenous fluids.

The stress on the patient and its owner is also enormous.

Bondi has been poisoned three times, the first time last fall, said his owner, Briggs.

Even as Briggs grew more vigilant when walking her pup, she acknowledged that she must have gotten distracted when Bondi became sick a second time. That time, she let Bondi ride out his high.

Walking him its just a really intense situation. So Im always looking on the ground, and its just everywhere now, she said of the spent joints that she and Bondi come across on walks.

One time, Briggs said, I caught him and grabbed it out of his mouth.

Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital. His cause of death was not immediately available.

One of the most renowned voices to emerge from Torontos Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s, Lightfoot recorded 20 studio albums and penned hundreds of songs, including Carefree Highway, Early Morning Rain and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

In the 1970s, Lightfoot garnered five Grammy nominations, three platinum records and nine gold records for albums and singles. He performed in well over 1,500 concerts and recorded 500 songs.

He toured late into his life. Just last month he canceled upcoming U.S. and Canadian shows, citing health issues.

We have lost one of our greatest singer-songwriters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted. Gordon Lightfoot captured our countrys spirit in his music and in doing so, he helped shape Canadas soundscape. May his music continue to inspire future generations, and may his legacy live on forever.

Once called a rare talent by Bob Dylan, Lightfoot has been covered by dozens of artists, including Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, Anne Murray, Janes Addiction and Sarah McLachlan.

Most of his songs are deeply autobiographical with lyrics that probe his own experiences in a frank manner and explore issues surrounding the Canadian national identity. Canadian Railroad Trilogy depicted the construction of the railway.

I simply write the songs about where I am and where Im from, he once said. I take situations and write poems about them.

Lightfoots music had a style all its own. Its not country, not folk, not rock, he said in a 2000 interview. Yet it has strains of all three.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, for instance, is a haunting tribute to the 29 men who died in the 1975 sinking of the ship in Lake Superior during a storm.

While Lightfoots parents recognized his musical talents early, he didnt set out to become a renowned balladeer.

He began singing in his church choir and dreamed of becoming a jazz musician. At age 13, the soprano won a talent contest at the Kiwanis Music Festival, held at Torontos Massey Hall.

I remember the thrill of being in front of the crowd, Lightfoot said in a 2018 interview. It was a stepping stone for me

The appeal of those early days stuck and in high school, his barbershop quartet, The Collegiate Four, won a CBC talent competition. He strummed his first guitar in 1956 and began to dabble in songwriting in the months that followed. Perhaps distracted by his taste for music, he flunked algebra the first time. After taking the class again, he graduated in 1957.

By then, Lightfoot had already penned his first serious composition The Hula Hoop Song, inspired by the toy that was sweeping the culture. Attempts to sell the song went nowhere so at 18, he headed to the U.S. to study music for a year. The trip was funded in part by money saved from a job delivering linens to resorts around his hometown.

Life in Hollywood wasnt a good fit, however, and it wasnt long before Lightfoot returned to Canada. He pledged to move to Toronto to pursue his musical ambitions, taking any job available, including a position at a bank before landing a gig as a square dancer on CBCs Country Hoedown.

His first gig was at Frans Restaurant, a downtown family-owned diner that warmed to his folk sensibilities. It was there he met fellow musician Ronnie Hawkins.

The singer was living with a few friends in a condemned building in Yorkville, then a bohemian area where future stars including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell would learn their trade at smoke-filled clubs.

Lightfoot made his popular radio debut with the single (Remember Me) Im the One in 1962, which led to a number of hit songs and partnerships with other local musicians. When he started playing the Mariposa Folk Festival in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario that same year, Lightfoot forged a relationship that made him the festivals most loyal returning performer.

By 1964, he was garnering positive word-of-mouth around town and audiences were starting to gather in growing numbers. By the next year, Lightfoots song Im Not Sayin was a hit in Canada, which helped spread his name in the United States.

A couple of covers by other artists didnt hurt either. Marty Robbins 1965 recording of Ribbon of Darkness reached No. 1 on U.S. country charts, while Peter, Paul and Mary took Lightfoots composition, For Lovin Me, into the U.S. Top 30. The song, which Dylan once said he wished hed recorded, has since been covered by hundreds of other musicians.

That summer, Lightfoot performed at the Newport Folk Festival, the same year Dylan rattled audiences when he shed his folkie persona by playing an electric guitar.

As the folk music boom came to an end in the late 1960s, Lightfoot was already making his transition to pop music with ease.

In 1971, he made his first appearance on the Billboard chart with If You Could Read My Mind. It reached No. 5 and has since spawned scores of covers.

Lightfoots popularity peaked in the mid-1970s when both his single and album, Sundown, topped the Billboard charts, his first and only time doing so.

During his career, Lightfoot collected 12 Juno Awards, including one in 1970 when it was called the Gold Leaf.

In 1986, he was inducted into the Canadian Recording Industry Hall of Fame, now the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. He received the Governor Generals award in 1997 and was ushered into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001.