Claim: "From 2013-2015, the richest 14 Americans increased their net wealth by more than $157 billion, yet the Republican budget would not require these Americans to contribute one penny to deficit reduction."
Fact-check: Bernie Sanders: GOP budget does not ask ultra-wealthy to contribute 'one penny' to deficit reduction
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Lauren Carroll
Date published: 2015-03-27T00:00:00