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catnhatnh

(8,976 posts) Tue May 5, 2015, 01:21 PM May 2015

Bernie Sanders has an estimated net worth of $303,507 [View all]

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http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/30/17261/12-things-know-about-bernie-sanders

It occurs to me that I have friends and relatives with higher net worth's. I have no relatives or friends in the 1%. If you look at the net worth of many politicians you would think it was impossible not to become rich after many years in congress. The only explanation that fits is that he truly must be different...

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Bernie Sanders has an estimated net worth of $303,507 [View all] catnhatnh May 2015 OP

Sherrod Brown's jen63 May 2015 #1

As has been noted, Bernie is totally out of touch... Wilms May 2015 #2

He's either Francis of Assissi or a terrible money manager then whatthehey May 2015 #3

I'm not very familiar with how net worth is estimated JonLP24 May 2015 #5

Screw this post. You have NO IDEA what kind of financial obligations this man has assumed. Pooka Fey May 2015 #9

So you ignored my alternative to go for the poutrage tizzy instead? whatthehey May 2015 #17

3rd possibility: It's none of my damn business Pooka Fey May 2015 #18

Limiting options to simply two choices is irrational when we lack all relevant knowledge. LanternWaste May 2015 #36

Senator salary = ~175k. Avalux May 2015 #16

Anyone at that bracket can and should easily manage 15% annually whatthehey May 2015 #19

You would think. SheilaT May 2015 #31

I'm not forgetting anything. Avalux May 2015 #34

Living in DC *AND* a home state. Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #39

Most average Americans are bad personal money managers. I'm bad with my personal liberal_at_heart May 2015 #23

Congress does pay well, but living in one of the most expensive cities in the world mountain grammy May 2015 #44

Hey, he's rich compared to VT's senior senator: Leahy cali May 2015 #4

Two things dsc May 2015 #6

If housing is excluded, then I think it's dumb to call it 'net worth'. closeupready May 2015 #7

I have no idea either unless it is because that doesn't have to be listed on the forms dsc May 2015 #8

Oh, right, that might very well be. They wouldn't want closeupready May 2015 #11

The info OpenSecrets comes from what they put on the forms JonLP24 May 2015 #12

Even the sole stock -- IBM -- Bernie Sanders owns doesn't reek of corruption JonLP24 May 2015 #14

Bernie and Leahy are certainly common people compared to Warren and Grayson AZ Progressive May 2015 #10

Isn't Joe Biden in that range too ? obnoxiousdrunk May 2015 #13

Seems to be close enough $543,014 JonLP24 May 2015 #15

That sounds like minus the house, my guess for Bernie is just under 700K all tallied with Vt house. Bluenorthwest May 2015 #20

Bernie!! AzDar May 2015 #21

No wonder he relates to the common American. He's not a multi millionaire like most liberal_at_heart May 2015 #22

Obviously, Goldman Sachs hasn't offered him an entertainment gig at $200k per gig. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #24

Maybe he'll become rich AFTER he's President, like Bill Clinton. Metric System May 2015 #25

Maybe so. I was just reading about Bill's 104 million in 11 years giving speeches. leftofcool May 2015 #28

A few stars make that but the average NFL career is 3-4 years. hifiguy May 2015 #30

True that. I think baseball players last the longest. leftofcool May 2015 #37

He should give a speech to UCLA GummyBearz May 2015 #26

Universities will pay to get he best. leftofcool May 2015 #29

And sometimes they end up getting the worst GummyBearz May 2015 #41

His investments hasn't received special attention it would seem. stillwaiting May 2015 #27

Wow. I could have a higher net worth than the president. gollygee May 2015 #32

So he's rich workinclasszero May 2015 #33

That's probably a paid off house and a few other assets AZ Progressive May 2015 #40

I have my SS and two lotto tickets! tavernier May 2015 #35

Probably puts him in the top 1%. DCBob May 2015 #38

Obviously he does not manage money well. woolldog May 2015 #42

Maybe he had his wife give back her golden parachute and his net worth Thinkingabout May 2015 #43