Bernie Sanders’s Net Worth
Age: 74
Occupation: Politician
Most Money Made In: US Senate
Estimated Net Worth as of 2015: $420,000
Over the last 9 years Bernie Sanders made 1.5 million dollars in the senate. The important lesson here is that even if you have a high income, it is still important to spend less than you make. If you spend all of the money you make, you make no progress. Of course, maximizing net worth isn’t necessarily his goal, nor does it need to be.
Bernie Sanders’s net worth is provided by his personal financial disclosure. His personal financial disclosure was taken from the Center for Responsive politics webpage: opensecrets.org. The disclosure itself is quite interesting. It isn’t at all clear to me what Sanders is doing with the rest of his income. According to his tax returns he donated about $10,000 to charity last year. His entire net worth appears to be attributable to his spouse, so all of his money seems to be getting spent one way or another.
It seems to me that this probably indicates that for his retirement he is relying on his wife’s money, his congressional pension, and social security. His interests are therefore relatively more aligned with folks that are part of a similar pension scheme and social security. This may predict his behavior. For example, one proposal is that senators should have to depend on social security rather than their congressional pension. Sanders would likely be grandfathered, but if not, this would represent a huge drop in his retirement income. That doesn’t necessarily mean he wouldn’t support such a thing, or if he opposes it that he does so out of greed. It’s just that the negative effects of policy are easier to envision and empathize with when you have to experience them yourself.
Sanders is a socialist and will raise taxes…
Regarding Sanders being a Socialist,WELCOME to the 1st WORLD. EVERY 1st World Nation is DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST. I’ve lived in the #2 most Popular nation in the World, Australia, for 20 years.The USA is Not #1, it’s Sweden,(we Always think we’re #1).
Socialism is fine if you want to live like a slave. I prefer my freedom thank you very much.
Bernie Sanders: America Must Have A Political Revolution!
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asks presidential candidate Bernie Sanders if he is surprised he is leading in Iowa and New Hampshire. Sanders said, “We are doing well because of the issues we are talking about. Something is wrong in this country when the middle-class continues to disappear, almost all new income and wealth goes to the top 1%; when millions of families cannot afford to send their kids to college. We need a political revolution that says that the billionaire class can’t have it all, that we need a Congress and a government that represents all of us and not just large campaign contributors. That is what is resonating with the American people,” Sanders said.
Watch the entire CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/-H_VJCFcJcY
Bernie Sanders Fights to Raise Starvation Minimum Wage to $15!
“There is no justice in America when the largest low-wage employer is not McDonald’s, it is not Burger King, it is not Walmart. It is the United States government,”Sanders said, he voiced support for a $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers. “There is no justice when millions of people throughout our country, including people working in the United States Senate, are working for wages that are too little to take care of their kids, to take care of their family. That’s wrong, that has got to change,” Sanders said.
Watch Bernie Sanders on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/VxpV9OxB8Lw
Bernie Sanders Passionate Defense of Gay Soldiers in Clinton Years 1995!
In 1995, on the Senate floor, Bernie Sanders said:
“I heard the gentleman say something a moment ago about putting homos in the military… was the gentleman talking about the thousands of men and women who have put their lives on the line fighting countless wars, defending this country… YOU HAVE INSULTED THOUSANDS of men and women who put their lives on the line!” Sanders said.
Contrast that strong defense of Gay soldiers with Hillary Clinton in 2004 talking about same-sex marriage: “I believe marriage is not just a bond but a sacred bond between a man and a woman, a fundamental bedrock principle that it exists between a man and a woman, going back into the midst of history.”
Watch Bernie Sanders defend Gay Soldiers during Bill Clinton Admin. on Youtube: https://youtu.be/MAFlQ6fU4GM