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beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 08:56 PM Apr 2016

Where's the mystery? Here's the link to Bernie's full financial disclosures going back to 1990:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/reports.php?year=2013&cid=N00000528

People who are concerned about his being beholden to special interests, hiding millions, etc. should be looking through those disclosures, I know I would be.

And here's a thorough article on Bernie's finances from Money Nation including a breakdown by year, if there was something fishy they didn't find it:

We estimate Bernie Sanders’ net worth at $528,014. That’s 7.8 times larger than the net worth of the median American family. However, since all senator net worths are estimates, it’s possible Bernie Sanders’ net worth is much lower. In fact, Bernie Sanders’ net worth could be as low as $222,026. That’s 3.3 times larger than the net worth of the median American family. Finally, the Bernie Sanders net worth average of $528,014 is about twice the net worth of others in his age group.

According to Center for Responsive Politics and Money Nation data:

Bernie Sanders Net Worth August 2015: $528,014

Bernie Sanders Net Worth May 2015: $440,511

Bernie Sanders Net Worth 2014: $330,408

Bernie Sanders Net Worth 2013: $330,506

Bernie Sanders Net Worth 2012: $460,506

Net Worth 2011: $308,005

Net Worth 2010: $429,004

Net Worth 2009: $105,003

Net Worth 2008: $219,504

Net Worth 2007: $345,503

Net Worth 2006: $188,504

Net Worth 2005: $128,001

Net Worth 2004: $115,501

Bernie Sanders’ net worth has fluctuated over time, from $115,501 in 2004 to $345,503 in 2007. The 2008 financial crisis may have caused a drop of 36% of Sander’s net worth in that year. Sanders’ net worth sunk as low as $105,003 in 2009 and has gone as high as $460,506 in 2012.

Our figures above show a rise of $87,503 in Bernie Sanders’ net worth between May and August of 2015. However, only part of that rise comes from an actual change in Bernie Sanders’ net worth. Most of the change comes from amendments to disclosure forms. In other words, Sanders didn’t suddenly make an extra $87,000.

http://moneynation.com/bernie-sanders-net-worth/


Get a shovel and start digging kids, I'm sure Brock missed SOMETHING.

Happy hunting! Do your duty as Americans!


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Where's the mystery? Here's the link to Bernie's full financial disclosures going back to 1990: (Original Post) beam me up scottie Apr 2016 OP
Good to know his salary. Where are the tax returns? JaneyVee Apr 2016 #1
Wow, you looked though all of those disclosures already? I am impressed. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #3
Did I miss the tax return portion? JaneyVee Apr 2016 #5
WHOOSH! beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #7
This sums it up Ned_Devine Apr 2016 #29
I bet they want to see how much he writes off as donations passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #53
Are you being deliberately obtuse? hobbit709 Apr 2016 #4
No reason to deflect... JaneyVee Apr 2016 #11
How can you side with the corruption of the Clintons? If you think you have dirt on Sanders rhett o rick Apr 2016 #20
Exactly, this is just like birtherism. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #23
Remember, it's JaneyV. pangaia Apr 2016 #59
Didn't she say she was an economist? beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #64
What's Hillary hiding? You never want to discuss that do you? hobbit709 Apr 2016 #21
Does a goose go barefoot? kristopher Apr 2016 #28
Now you guys are just phoning it in Hydra Apr 2016 #35
They are with Hillary's transcripts. I bet if she'd find and release those, she'd find Bernie's tax silvershadow Apr 2016 #49
Desperate times seems to call for desperate responses... Sheepshank Apr 2016 #65
And the Clintons' net worth is how many times the national average? hobbit709 Apr 2016 #2
Yeah this isn't a good look for her supporters. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #6
Well said. senz Apr 2016 #24
That's why I posted this thread, I want to see how many of them are really "concerned". beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #26
How long until they're asking if he still beats Jane... kristopher Apr 2016 #30
Excellent analogy since some are STILL claiming he abuses her. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #34
You seem to have attracted some of the most disgusting entities around here. senz Apr 2016 #36
At least they work for their money... JaneyVee Apr 2016 #8
Senate pay is nowhere near half a mill. hobbit709 Apr 2016 #12
So his net worth came from his private sector job? JaneyVee Apr 2016 #15
You just don't want to understand. Net worth is NOT income. hobbit709 Apr 2016 #17
Oh I understand it very well. My point is... JaneyVee Apr 2016 #39
I'm done with you. Read the last part of my sig line. hobbit709 Apr 2016 #41
I dont see sig lines or avatars... JaneyVee Apr 2016 #50
It's so much that there's hundreds of millions unaccounted for. leveymg Apr 2016 #42
Why don't you build your own case in lieu of asking insinuating questions? rhett o rick Apr 2016 #31
The Clintons make millions from "speechifying", Bernie works for his money. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #19
Yup they give speeches, write books, and get paid. JaneyVee Apr 2016 #43
They make millions from special interests. Bernie doesn't. #readthedisclosures beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #45
Tell that to people that really work for their money like pipefitters, car mechanics, nurses, rhett o rick Apr 2016 #25
Sorry, but Bernie voted to deregulate Wall Street... JaneyVee Apr 2016 #47
You mean if they chose to get graft from the big money corporations then they wouldn't have rhett o rick Apr 2016 #68
perhaps the U.S. should move from a service economy, to a speech based economy.... virtualobserver Apr 2016 #9
Not concerned if a millionaire. #ReleasetheReturns riversedge Apr 2016 #13
Financial returns are not tax returns. What is Sanders hiding? #ReleasetheReturns riversedge Apr 2016 #10
Financial disclosures. Didn't even look, did you? #readthedisclosures beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #16
I know the difference between Full tax returns and Required financial disclosures. You attempt riversedge Apr 2016 #61
Then explain it to us, you sound like an expert, go ahead. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #62
#ReleaseTheReturns lol. Such an utter fail of a hash tag. phleshdef Apr 2016 #60
No wonder the kids on social media are laughing at them. #twitterishard beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #63
Yeah it's funny watching them try to be all hip and shit phleshdef Apr 2016 #66
This is what they look like: beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #67
Some folks want to see the "long form"! pugetres Apr 2016 #14
Of course it's legit. If Bernie was hiding something Brock would have found it already beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #22
What is missing TexasTowelie Apr 2016 #18
Oooh! Now there's a major scandal! KPN Apr 2016 #27
LOL! beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #33
She has about $400K in an IRA. That and shared debt. leveymg Apr 2016 #37
Let's see. We have a couple who is probably worth about 1 mill put together and a liberal_at_heart Apr 2016 #48
Don't bother them with facts and figures, there's a meme to spread! leveymg Apr 2016 #32
They really dialed up the poutrage to 11 today, didn't they? beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #38
It obviously is coordinated. Somebody handed out Plan Yellow. leveymg Apr 2016 #52
The hyperventilating over orgasms and an essay on gender stereotypes cuz fantasies! is precious. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #56
They get paid by the post and they are getting worried the gravy train is running out Matt_in_STL Apr 2016 #58
whats he hiding in his tax returns??????? Cryptoad Apr 2016 #40
WHOOOOOOOOOSH! There goes another one... beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #44
What is that supposed to mean? hobbit709 Apr 2016 #46
Well she's a woman, how much could she know about fax and figgers? beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #51
From the cost figures I have seen on his few proposed solutions Cryptoad Apr 2016 #55
People don't typically hide things in their tax returns. Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #54
Precisely. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #57

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
53. I bet they want to see how much he writes off as donations
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:41 PM
Apr 2016

Cause you know they want to point out how much more the Clintons give to charity (there own foundation of course) than the Sanders do.

More to charity means they are super nice people. Less to charity means he's a stingy old grump.

for the life of me, what the fuck else could be on his tax returns, other than donations, that they can't see on his financial disclosures already online?

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
11. No reason to deflect...
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:05 PM
Apr 2016

You either think he has nothing to hide and should release his returns or you think he might be hiding something and shouldnt.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
20. How can you side with the corruption of the Clintons? If you think you have dirt on Sanders
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:11 PM
Apr 2016

go ahead and present your case, but plez don't think you can get away with the "insinuating questions" Fox News trick. "If Obama wasn't born in Kenya, where is the proof."

How disappointing that our tent now includes those that idolize the corruption of Big Money in our government.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
23. Exactly, this is just like birtherism.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:15 PM
Apr 2016

I'm sure Trump will do the same thing, he'll say the same things and smirk at the camera.

It's hard to tell them apart some days.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
21. What's Hillary hiding? You never want to discuss that do you?
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:11 PM
Apr 2016

What's that old blues song "Before You Accuse Me, Better Take A Good Look At Yourself"

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
49. They are with Hillary's transcripts. I bet if she'd find and release those, she'd find Bernie's tax
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:38 PM
Apr 2016

returns. The ball, as always, has been in her court. She's just keeping possession of it.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
65. Desperate times seems to call for desperate responses...
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 10:29 PM
Apr 2016

.....while completely avoiding the question at hand lol

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
6. Yeah this isn't a good look for her supporters.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:02 PM
Apr 2016

It's like Trumpsters accusing Bernie of being corrupt because he's a thousandaire.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
24. Well said.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:16 PM
Apr 2016

See, they don't care that there's "nothing there." They just want everyone else to think there is something there.

Their rich, underhanded, crooked, parasitical candidate cannot be looked at, much less touched. While Bernie Sanders, who is similar to any other educated, successful two-earner family, is fair game for every kind of rumor and accusation.

They have no shame because they have no conscience.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
26. That's why I posted this thread, I want to see how many of them are really "concerned".
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:19 PM
Apr 2016

They think we can't see what they're doing, it's kind of sad when you think about it.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
36. You seem to have attracted some of the most disgusting entities around here.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:30 PM
Apr 2016

Maybe it's sad but it's also repulsive.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
8. At least they work for their money...
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:03 PM
Apr 2016

Imagine having over half a million dollars for speechifying on the senate floor and zero accomplishments. Taxpayers should be outraged.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
12. Senate pay is nowhere near half a mill.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:06 PM
Apr 2016

you're confusing net worth with income but that seems typical for someone that willfully ignores facts.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
39. Oh I understand it very well. My point is...
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:32 PM
Apr 2016

Just like you say net worth is not income, Im saying net worth also doesnt = tax returns.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
31. Why don't you build your own case in lieu of asking insinuating questions?
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:24 PM
Apr 2016

How many tens of millions will Hillary and Bill be able to get "paid" by their foundation. Chelsea has already amassed $15 million. From hard work (wink, wink). There is corruption where ever you look. We need to get the corruption out of our politics.

Oh hey, I heard that Bernie took an extra mint when he left Applebees.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
25. Tell that to people that really work for their money like pipefitters, car mechanics, nurses,
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:18 PM
Apr 2016

teachers, garbage people, wait staffs, sand-blasters, etc. All the people that got their money stolen by the Wealthy 1% that you idolize. You insult hard working men and women by suggesting that the Clintons work for their money. They get $10 million per year for speeches.

But it's really graft. See the picture of Clinton giving corporations speeches while the corporations wheel wheelbarrow loads of cash to their personal accounts, and then the Clintons supporting the deregulation of banks. It's corruption at its worst. People are losing their homes to the banks as the banks are being deregulated and giving the Clinton $10 of millions.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
47. Sorry, but Bernie voted to deregulate Wall Street...
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:37 PM
Apr 2016

Not Hillary. And teachers, garbage collectors, and pipe fitters make good salaries too. That is the career path they chose.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
68. You mean if they chose to get graft from the big money corporations then they wouldn't have
Mon Apr 4, 2016, 12:04 AM
Apr 2016

to work so hard? Blaming the victims. I have family that had their house repossessed but the banks you defend. They didn't choose that. I know someone that lost his retirement to the greed of those you idolize. He is too old at 55 to find a job and his knee restricts what he can do. He will get SS in a few years if he makes it, unless those Wealthy 1% that you idolize kill SS like they've promised. I could go on but you don't really care as long as the Clinton Aristocracy amasses more and more wealth from their "hard work" wink wink.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
9. perhaps the U.S. should move from a service economy, to a speech based economy....
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:04 PM
Apr 2016

It might be the only way to get the money back from the oligarchs.

Hillary has shown us the way.

riversedge

(70,197 posts)
61. I know the difference between Full tax returns and Required financial disclosures. You attempt
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 10:15 PM
Apr 2016

to distract but you Fail. #vettingbernie is hard on you. so sad.

 

pugetres

(507 posts)
14. Some folks want to see the "long form"!
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:07 PM
Apr 2016

I was reading one link that was posted on DU today and the false concern from that link is because he has a lot of itemized deductions.

And, also, some people bet he doesn't donate to charities. So they want that Schedule A!

He does have a lot of itemized deductions but Vermont has extremely high property and state income taxes. So between those two factors, and potential charitable donations and mortgage interest, I'm betting his itemized deductions are legitimately quite high.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
22. Of course it's legit. If Bernie was hiding something Brock would have found it already
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:13 PM
Apr 2016

This is just the poutrage du jour, none of them will even look at his disclosures because they'd rather speculate and smear.

I just want to see if any of them are willing to at least look.

TexasTowelie

(112,133 posts)
18. What is missing
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:09 PM
Apr 2016

is how much is Jane Sander's net worth estimated to be. She doesn't have to file financial disclosure forms.

So much is made about Hillary Clinton's worth and nearly every article also mentions Bill Clinton's net worth in the report. It seems fitting that we find out about Jane Sander's financial holdings also.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
33. LOL!
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:27 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary supporters have been running around for months claiming Jane has millions stashed in overseas accounts. Even if her returns were available they would say she's hiding her money.

So obvious that this is just a witch hunt.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
37. She has about $400K in an IRA. That and shared debt.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:30 PM
Apr 2016

This is classic Rovian attack the opponent's strength with lies and innuendo. Vomit.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
48. Let's see. We have a couple who is probably worth about 1 mill put together and a
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:37 PM
Apr 2016

couple who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars together. I'm sorry but you are never going to make Bernie look bad when the Clinton's are worth so much freakin money. It's disgusting.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
32. Don't bother them with facts and figures, there's a meme to spread!
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:26 PM
Apr 2016

Remarkable display of Hillbot infestation on this board in the last day or two. They must really be worried about Wisconsin and NY. Bless their oily little heads.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
38. They really dialed up the poutrage to 11 today, didn't they?
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:32 PM
Apr 2016

It's almost like it's a coordinated effort...

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
52. It obviously is coordinated. Somebody handed out Plan Yellow.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:40 PM
Apr 2016

Incite fear by human wave attacks across all forums and groups. Launch poison gas - keep it stinky. Don't worry about how desperate and foolish it really looks.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
56. The hyperventilating over orgasms and an essay on gender stereotypes cuz fantasies! is precious.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:50 PM
Apr 2016

Never mind that Bernie was quoting from a medical journal when he wrote about cancer and the fact that feminists have written the same things he talked about in his essay we Must. Remain. Perpetually. Poutraged. About. Bernie.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
40. whats he hiding in his tax returns???????
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:33 PM
Apr 2016

The mere fact that man his position has his better half do his tax returns, should tell u enough about his judgement to never vote for him!

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
46. What is that supposed to mean?
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:36 PM
Apr 2016

Maybe she's better at figures. You think Hillary does her own-HELL NO, she uses a high dollar accountant.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
55. From the cost figures I have seen on his few proposed solutions
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:45 PM
Apr 2016

seems anybody and most dogs are better with figures. Grampaw said never vote for a 1%er that has their better half do their taxes..... wise man my Grampaw

Nanjeanne

(4,951 posts)
54. People don't typically hide things in their tax returns.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:43 PM
Apr 2016

What people usually hide is the stuff they don't pay tax on. Like the secret accounts or holding companies. What silliness. In his released 2014 you see salaries, pension, taxes paid, charitable donations.

It's pretty dumb to put nefarious dealings into tax returns. We already know Sanders owns a house and about what his family income is. We know he has a $5000 pension from being mayor. We know he donates his "speech" fees, etc. Not a lot to see.

If he hid something, he would, you know, hide it!

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
57. Precisely.
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:55 PM
Apr 2016

I don't know what's more pathetic, that they think we don't know what they're doing or that they actually believe it makes Hillary look better in comparison.

A thousandaire who's one of the poorest senators in Washington vs a multi-millionaire who made her fortune taking money from special interests?

Who should we trust?

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