So Bernie is a Millionaire. What does that take? [View all]

[MineralMan]

it's not really that difficult to make $1 Million.

For example, if you can get $10 from 100,000 people, that will do it. Or $100 from 10,000 people. Or $5 from 200,000.

Bernie wrote a book, or at least a book was published with his name on it as an author. How did it sell? Well, it sold well enough to earn him more than $1 million in royalties.

And that's why Bernie is a millionaire.

Others get paid for speeches. If you're famous, you can earn $100,000 or more for a speech. Famous like being a President or presidential candidate or a football legend or just a celebrity. It only takes 10 speeches like that to get to $1 Million.

While a million dollars is a lot of money for the average person, it's not so much if you're in a category that makes it possible to run for President. Nope. We have about 320 million people living in the United States. It's easy to get 200,000 of them interested enough to buy a book that pays you $5 in royalties.

It's really not that big a deal if you're prominent enough to run for President.