Socialist and presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders discussed his proposed tax policies on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, and talked about the redistribution of wealth in America. According to Sanders, redistributing wealth is fine as long as it goes in one direction.

"What we have seen, George, in the last 30 years –- as most Americans know –- is a massive redistribution of wealth," the Democratic presidential candidate said. "Unfortunately, it's gone in the wrong direction: It's gone from the middle class and working families to Donald Trump and his friends, the top one-10th of [the] 1 percent."

Host Stephanopoulos asked if Sanders's proposed payroll tax would fund a mandate for 12 weeks paid family and medical leave. Sanders explained yes and the tax would hit everyone, not just the 1%.

"[The payroll tax] would hit everyone –- yeah, it would. But it would mean we would join the rest of the industrialized world and make sure that when a mom has a baby she can in fact stay home with that baby for three months, rather than going back to work at the end of one week," Sanders said.

"We are the ... only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee paid family and medical leave," he added.

It seemed to escape him that he will be putting a larger burden on the middle class but he went on to say:

"We've got to address the fact that the middle class in this country is disappearing, they need help," Sanders said. "We have massive wealth and income inequality -- the wealthy are going to have to pay more in taxes."