Ocasio-Cortez, progressives trash 'antisemitic' Politico illustration of Bernie Sanders

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99. The statement 'Bernie Sanders is now in the wealthiest 1% of Americans' is simply not true.

The past 3 years, yes, he was in the top 1% of earners (before that he was not), but in terms of total wealth, he is not even close, as it takes over 10 million dollars in net worth to qualify. He is atm (we shall see how many more books he writes) around 8 million dollars short. His income in 2018 dropped by 50% as well, down to 566,000 dollars. I supposed he will need write a lot more books to have any chance to make the 1% in terms of net wealth.

I do not want Bernie to run for POTUS, I think he is a divisive presence, but I also care about accuracy and perception, and for some, it seems to me, want to try to paint him as some sort of hypocritical (now) part of the US economic controller class (which is what most all his critiques are against) in order to discredit his economic policies. That is simply not accurate.

Bernie is powerful, but certainly that does not come from his accumulated wealth. If he liquidated all his assets (including selling his his Washington condo and his original house, plus the 575,000 dollar summer home he bought recently), then after taxes he would probably have around half (or maybe a little more, I assume his 2 older properties have went up in value, especially the condo, although his 2 million dollar figure does purport to show their present value) of what it would take to buy Biden's new 2.7 million dollar home. That is not a swipe at Biden in the least, it is simple showing a comparision. Biden may now well be over the 10 million net wealth threshold (his book deal was around 8 million USD) BUT Biden is also nowhere near the economic level of the controlling class. Just like Sanders, almost all his power is political. Sanders still is well below the average net wealth of Democratic Senators, even after his newly minted book income.