Flashback: Harris proposed middle class tax increase for ‘Sanders-lite’ health care plan

During Vice President Kamala Harris’ run for president in the 2020 election cycle, the then-California senator proposed a new health care plan that had potentially high costs for the American middle class.

An archived version of Harris’ campaign website reviewed by Fox News Digital details her "Medicare For All Plan," which Harris, who personally authored the proposal, promised would provide "comprehensive health insurance that covers every American."

Harris cited fellow presidential primary rival Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders' Medicare For All plan as the model for how to pay for her plan, with the then-California senator specifically pointing to an "income based premium paid by employers, higher taxes on the top 1%, taxing capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income, among others."

Harris also provided a link to the Sanders plan, which included a 7.5% payroll tax increase for employers and a 4% increase in income taxes on households making over $29,000.

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While Harris praised the Sanders plan for having "good options," she accused the Vermont senator of going too far with the 4% tax increase, instead proposing that the new tax only apply to households making over $100,000.

"I would tax Wall Street stock trades at 0.2%, bond trades at 0.1%, and derivative transactions at 0.002%. Think of it like this: that’s a $2 fee on a $1,000 trade by investors and big banks," Harris continued. "I would also end foreign tax shelters by taxing offshore corporate income at the same rate as domestic corporate income. Together, these proposals would raise well over $2 trillion over ten years, more than enough to make up the difference from raising the middle class