Meet Bernie Sanders, the millionaire socialist with three homes
National Post [CA],
by
ColCosh
Original Article
Posted By: Garnet,
4/12/2019 11:53:52 AM
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is in the spotlight this week with headlines about his large personal fortune. For most of the 77-year-old Vermont socialist’s political career, this is not a sentence you would have ever expected to encounter. He grew up respectably urban poor and his career before politics was pretty ragtag. As a municipal politician he set an example of relative austerity and closeness to the public: the townhouse in Burlington, Vt., that he still owns is nothing special. During his time in the U.S. Senate he has been famous for being the poorest member,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Obviousity 4/12/2019 11:59:23 AM (No. 31784)
House, and 2 dachas.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Twinkle93 4/12/2019 12:13:45 PM (No. 31796)
It is amazing how many of members of Congress do not file joint returns so they can show lower income.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 4/12/2019 12:18:36 PM (No. 31790)
Many Soviet-era apparatchiks had access to side-action unavailable to the hoi-polloi.
Vote for Bernie and you vote to keep him in power, while simultaneously losing your freedom.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jinx 4/12/2019 12:48:52 PM (No. 31787)
As Venezuela headed down with Chavez leading the charge to Socialism, Chavez became a billionaire. He left it all to his children who are now billionaires and Venezuela has hit the bottom. Is this really what Bernie wants for America?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
RenoVet68 4/12/2019 1:21:08 PM (No. 31792)
Hypocrite!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Catfur27 4/12/2019 1:26:42 PM (No. 31789)
..Bernie Antoinette says " Let THEM write books. " ...
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
PChristopher 4/12/2019 2:10:41 PM (No. 31783)
Bernie Maduro
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MainelySane 4/12/2019 2:14:10 PM (No. 31798)
Dachas... yes
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
KanCreeper 4/12/2019 2:38:32 PM (No. 31785)
NEVER FORGET: Burlington Cllege, and the financial machinations that went on there.
Ole Bernie, and his wife and son were apparently hip deep, in all those shenanigans.
Not to mention the role Ole, SENATOR Bernie played in killing those ´Bank Fraud´ charges over Burlington College and its land deals?
Just askin´.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bad-hair 4/12/2019 2:40:15 PM (No. 31804)
So Joe´s a groper, Bernie´s a rich socialist, Buttgeig and Beto are too white and too stupid, so it looks like Fauxcahontas is leading from behind.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/12/2019 2:41:00 PM (No. 31788)
Bernie, you can pay more taxes voluntarily. The IRS will accept it. I just don´t want your conscience suffering being a 1 percenter and feeling guilty about income inequality.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ben Around 4/12/2019 2:46:23 PM (No. 31805)
"During his time in the U.S. Senate he has been famous for being the poorest member"
I would be very happy at being the poorest member of the Senate! But you can´t believe the lies that the politicians come up with.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
SALady 4/12/2019 2:48:42 PM (No. 31799)
This isn´t surprising. In the old Soviet times, you had the ruling Politburo and the peasants.
The ruling Politburo members lived in mansions, has servants, had country estates to go to, ate the best foods (even in times of famine), and basically lived a rich and comfortable life.
The peasants were worked endlessly, had nothing, and had no chance to move up in society.
Bernie sees himself as part (probably the head) of the ruling Politburo to come here in the Soviet Socialist Demon-Rat Republik of Amerika.
So this is perfectly "logical" (in a warped and twisted lie-beral sort of way) if you keep it in that perspective!!!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
lakerman1 4/12/2019 2:49:30 PM (No. 31800)
It is interesting to see these legislators filing separate from spouse.
That creates all sorts of consulting/bribe possibilities for the spouse.
Lady Bird Johnson owned the only tv station in Austin, Texas. Most other comparably sized cities has 3 tv stations - one for each network. (Lady Bird´s station was able to pick and choose which network shows to run, which did wonders for advertising revenue. LBJ always professed ignorance about such matters.)
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 4/12/2019 2:53:37 PM (No. 31802)
People should be rightfully wondering how a schlub like Bernie, who has never held a real job in his life, got so wealthy. Hint: it wasn´t honestly earned.
This is a guy who got booted from a hippie commune back in the day because he was too lazy even for them.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
winnie1 4/12/2019 2:59:43 PM (No. 31795)
Bernie your nose grew 5 inches. He didn´t make that money selling his 2 books. Look at his face when he is spinning this yarn (LYING). Didn´t his wife Jane get an inheritance, right after Burlington College collapsed (Bankrupt). Jane was President of that college and much money went missing. Enough money maybe for a Lakeside Home?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
winnie1 4/12/2019 3:01:18 PM (No. 31806)
If Bernie and Jane are not filing joint Income taxes, someone better check out her taxes.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
caddyjak 4/12/2019 3:35:05 PM (No. 31786)
What happened to that 25 million left over from his 2016 campaign? I heard that his wife put it under all the beds in their three houses.
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VirtuDawg 4/12/2019 4:56:16 PM (No. 31791)
Maybe Sanders can use some of his assets to pay back the creditors of the defunct Burlington College, which went bankrupt and closed down due to his wife´s fraudulent financial transactions when she was President of that institution.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
snakeoil 4/12/2019 5:07:06 PM (No. 31803)
Ever now and then some publication would publish pictures of the houses of some members on congress. At the bottom was always Dennis Kucinich from Ohio whose house costs about $ 20k. Hope Bunny will be asked in the debates how socialism worked out for the old USSR. Bunny honeymooned there. When Old Joe Stalin took over back in the 30s he eliminated the peasant farms they´d used for centuries and replaced them with socialist collective farms. Six million Russian died of starvation. Then we have Venezuela where they are eating the bark off trees. Then North Korea where dirt was a staple. In the good old USA only Beta eats dirt.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bigbird 4/12/2019 9:51:40 PM (No. 31801)
Whatever he has, he also has a lifetime annuity as a Senator. Nobody ever seems to count that as an asset, but it certainly is and may be worth another $1-$2 million in net worth. With his pension, he will most likely never need to spend any of his savings. Yay socialism!!!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
bigbird 4/12/2019 9:56:48 PM (No. 31793)
Also, being a “millionaire” today is not that big of a deal. If you live in a major metropolitan area with a relatively high cost of living, a million dollars will last you 10-15 years in retirement unless you significantly downsize and and have no debt. Everyone under 40 today better hope to be a millionaire if they are accustomed to a middle class lifestyle and don’t have a pension. Otherwise, retirement will be a significant change in lifestyle.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Smart11344 4/13/2019 1:21:54 PM (No. 31797)
Bernies new campaign slogan: Do as I say, not as I do. What a cretin.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
italianlooks 4/15/2019 9:10:17 AM (No. 31794)
Fits right in with Russian Oligarchs, Venezuela presidents, Honduras, China rich and famous, Iran in White Robes, pick your favorite hypocrite!
Shameless... he who rides on the back of the $25.00 campaign giver!
Just look at Bernie and you will find your answer of who wins with democrat/ socialism..
Wake up $25.00 gives he doesn’t give twit about you.. just Bernie and his second Bride.., .
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