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In reply to the discussion: Joy Reid goes below the belt, Jane Sanders responds [View all]Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Your 'lifelong' statement is untrue unless his life work began sometime after 1998.
As of a 2014 tax return, the Sanders' still profit from his & Jane's decision.
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"If history tells us anything about minority communities they seemingly always get the short end of the stick. Flint, MI is one such community that comes to mind. In this case, the community of Sierra Blanca didn't have any real political clout and they were reaching out to Mr. Sanders for help.
Mr. Sanders could have stood behind this very poor Hispanic community, but as his response to the protestors revealed, he chose the political expedient route. In this case, he didn't stand up for the less fortunate in Sierra Blanca.
Paul Wellstone would later call this injustice against the people of Sierra Blanca a case of "environmental racism.
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https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/16/1516075/-Sanders-are-still-profiting-from-Sierra-Blanca-nuclear-waste-dump-per-their-2014-tax-return
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