Good. Need more of this.

I do think he’s quite wealthy though…

Bernie Sanders is out there talking about eating the rich…he always convienently leaves out that HE HIMSELF is rich.

I’m never sure if that’s meant to say like “Yeah, I’LL pay my fair share if we get all the other rich people to do it too”.

Or if it’s meant to be something that sounds good on a soundbyte that makes you angry at the rich…while you’re not supposed to know HE’S rich.

I never know what to take that context as.

Bernie isn’t rich. He’s in the low millions, which pretty much can’t even buy a home in most places anymore.

If someone has even 1 million dollars they’re rich. That’s the thing about numbers. They’re infinate.

You say you couldn’t even buy a house with a few million dollars? I could buy a house for $70,000.

For another $10,000 I could fit the house with solar, and use the other 900,000 to live off interest.

How is that not rich?

Maybe in the 80’s. Not now.

www.zillow.com/homedetails/…/33354305_zpid/?utm_c…

All I did was pull up zillow, and set the parameters for 50k-80k. This is the first result. There’s 15 more.

How’s the commute from there to the Capitol building where he works?

He doesn’t have to work. The comment was that he could buy a house, buy solar, and never have to do anything again.

You think he works for the money?!?

Thats the whole point of the original comment. I can’t figure out WHAT his motivation is, when his entire career is him basically saying “DESTROY ME! I SHOULDN’T HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY! NOBODY SHOULD!”

…but whys HE saying that. Like I could understand if he made like 30k a year, and had a few thousand in savings. But he’s the image of who’s he’s trying to turn the torches on. Is it intentional? Does he not realize?

Meanwhile, people read the innitial comment I made, and are defending him by saying he’s not the problem.

Which completely misses the point.

Why’s he saying that? Because he believes in a better world rather than acting out of self interest. Plenty of high net worth and high income individuals advocate for higher taxation. I know I’d rather live in a world where the hungry are fed and the people are housed, rather than have an extra 10% of my income each year.

He’s not advocating for just taxing the rich though. He’s advocating for eliminating the rich. Which he’s part of.