Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reportedly said the U.S. government should confiscate 100% of any money that Americans make above $999 million.

"You may disagree with me but, fine, I think people can make it on $999m. I think that they can survive just fine," Sanders told the host of "Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?" on HBO Max, according to a report by The Guardian.

On Walmart: Wallace had earlier noted how the late Sam Walton could make Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) the largest single private employer in the U.S. because of the huge family net worth of about $225 billion.

Sanders responded by saying the company, in many cases, pays starvation wages to its 1.2 billion employees despite how rich the Waltons are, the report said.

"Many of their workers are on Medicaid or food stamps," Sanders said.