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originally posted by: Joeshiloh
a reply to: interupt42
Bernie I'm middle class and I also never had it so good. The rich have always become richer haven't you?
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: sine.nomine
Bernie is not in the 1 percent.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
a reply to: carewemust
$120k doesn't even get a very nice Ferrari.
I kind of feel sorry for him.
originally posted by: sine.nomine
Bernie is in the 1% and has never worked a day in his life. But he needs more money. Screw him. I've never heard a convincing argument to ever listen to a word he says (or really any argument, for that matter).
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: sine.nomine
Bernie is in the 1% and has never worked a day in his life. But he needs more money. Screw him. I've never heard a convincing argument to ever listen to a word he says (or really any argument, for that matter).
Does he know to get into top 1% is "family" earnings of over 400k? That is not rich anyway you look at it.
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: sine.nomine
Bernie is not in the 1 percent.
originally posted by: sine.nomine
a Bernie presidency.
Pay Is Rising Fastest for Low Earners.
As the analysis has shown us, wage growth at the bottom is doing well. It has been around 4.1 percent over the last two years — above the 3.6 percent at the top end, and above the overall average of 3.9 percent.
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: sine.nomine
Bernie is not in the 1 percent.
Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist senator from Vermont, is a fierce critic of the affluent in America. That’s a bit rich, considering he himself is well off.
Sanders, 77, has, in fact, amassed an estimated $2.5 million fortune from real estate, investments, government pensions—and earnings from three books, including the 2016 hit Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In. “I wrote a best-selling book. If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too,” ......
.....In addition to the books are his government pay and pension accounts. Sanders has collected a six-figure annual salary since he joined Congress in 1991, some of which he and his wife (who herself commanded hefty pay as head of now-defunct Burlington College) plowed into personal real estate. Then there are his pensions, which are based on income and years of service. With 28 years in office and a current salary of $174,000, Sanders is entitled to around $73,000 a year from the federal government for the rest of his life. If he were to sell that guaranteed income stream for a lump-sum pile of cash, Forbes figures he could get around $650,000 for it.......
Before he was elected to Congress, Sanders ran a small business producing filmstrips on New England history for schools and served as mayor of Burlington, Vermont. From his time running Burlington, he gets another $428 a month from a city pension, which is worth roughly $50,000.