Research provided by Suozzi’s office estimates that such a tax could raise about $450 billion. Suozzi said that the surcharge he’s exploring would reflect the fact that many wealthy Americans were less hurt by the coronavirus pandemic than people with less income. “We all know that people who are wealthy did very well during the pandemic and people that were low-income people did not do well,” he said. He said that for wealthy people, the surcharge would be “a way to help your country to build back better.”