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- From Wall Street CEOs to hedge fund billionaires, titans of the finance industry have been calling out Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren.
- Warren's critics have mostly taken issue with her wealth tax policy and regulatory proposals.
- Here's a list of what Wall Street big shots have said, from calling out the senator over her characterization of the wealthy, to warning of a sell-off in the stock market if she were elected.
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Some of the finance industry's most influential figures have taken issue with Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's proposal to tax the ultra-rich.
Several of Warren's critics on Wall Street have said they have no problem with paying more in taxes, but that it's a flawed approach to structure it based on net worth.
The senator's policy would include a 2% tax on families with a net worth of $50 million to $1 billion and a 3% tax on households worth north of that. Taxes are typically deducted from net income, as opposed to net worth, which includes the total value of a person's assets.
Warren has consistently called for the wealthy to contribute more in taxes to help fund government programs for health care and education. She's also called out several of her Wall Street critics on Twitter suggesting they should chip in more to help others.
Analysts are also growing more concerned about how certain industries such as insurance and energy would fare under a Warren administration's regulatory policies. The presidential hopeful has called for greater advancements in federal health insurance and a ban on fracking.
Here are the finance industry titans that are sounding the alarm on a Warren presidency:
