Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Disqualifying: Biden gave paid speech supporting repuke in 2018 [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Liberty Union people found it difficult to support themselves while engaging in full-time political work, Michael Parenti, one of those people, wrote in the Massachusetts Review in the summer of 1975. Some held jobs that allowed free time for campaign activities, while others lived off unemployment insurance.
Sanders, according to an article in 1974 in the Bennington Banner, was one of them. He was on unemployment for a few months in 1971. In subsequent Liberty Union campaigns he advocated for the doing away with all time limitations for unemployment benefits.
His work was to be a politician, Guma said. He put everything into what he was doing.
I dont know what he did for money, Troville said. Everything was always campaigning. Everything was always organizing. Everything was always writing.
He was totally involved in his attempts at running for office, Marvin Fishman, who knew him at the time, told me on the phone.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/bernie-sanders-vermont-119927
I have been homeless before but it looks like he found the job he was made for.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided