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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders' truly awful answer on his newfound millionaire status [View all]Gothmog
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BlueFlorida
Apr 2019
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I Guess Since He's Going On 78, Some Accept His Acerbic Personality--I Don't!
DoctorJoJo
Apr 2019
#48
He is well known for this in the Senate the way someone in the R party is also
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2019
#208
It's not... Bernie is literally and figuratively "right on the money," as usual!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#202
David Sirota, Nina Turner, and Briahna Joy Gray. All who voted for Jill Stein, and encouraged
still_one
Apr 2019
#218
BS was pretty crabby to the reporter who asked him about his status as a millionaire one percenter.
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#227
Having witnessed him speak with 20,000 other supporters with another 8 000 in
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#53
"We know we've got to attack poverty by making sure the economy works for everybody. "
progressoid
Apr 2019
#34
He never got into how millionaires and billionaires got there, just that they were....
George II
Apr 2019
#32
How do we know he's willing to raise taxes on himself? That's precisely why Americans....
George II
Apr 2019
#55
Never said that and never said it was poor people's solution to income inequality
onit2day
Apr 2019
#87
I will vote for our nominee. Yes, if Bernie is our candidate, I will vote for him.
Stuart G
Apr 2019
#142
Is that why he's changed his criticism of "millionaires" to "billionaire class?"
ehrnst
Apr 2019
#193
1 million or multi-millions doesn't make you a 1 percenter. And I don't see the answer as awful. n
LAS14
Apr 2019
#10
8 point something for wealth is required. Two or three or five million doesn't get you there. nt
LAS14
Apr 2019
#31
When he starts giving speeches for half a million dollars a pop to big Wall Street banks like
jalan48
Apr 2019
#36
Meh, chicken feed. He can make tens of millions giving "speeches" to big corps and banks.
jalan48
Apr 2019
#111
How could BS earn money making speeches? Politicians who are still in office are prohibited.
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#220
Good point. Bernie should be sucking up to the big banks and corps now so that he can make those
jalan48
Apr 2019
#221
Or infomercials: Anyone Can Be a Millionaire! (just write a bestselling book)
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#224
That's not the argument at all. It's not that it's inherently wrong to be a millionaire -
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#72
That's current dollars, he was worth a lot less than that (but a millionaire) In current dollars....
George II
Apr 2019
#122
That's a lot different than what we've been seeing/hearing the last few years.
George II
Apr 2019
#128
Is the Purity Brigade going to freak out when they discover that Bernie has a lot of money?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#54
sorry, there's no way you can fit Bernie into that mold. Comparison does not compute.
paulkienitz
Apr 2019
#63
It's a sarcastic comment clearly. In other words upwards mobility in today's society is...
Lucky Luciano
Apr 2019
#80
Idc how much money Bernie makes. I do care a bit how nominees earn their money and taxes they pay.
Freethinker65
Apr 2019
#93
Someone 65 or older who has had an average salary of $165,000 for 25 years, and has conservative
jg10003
Apr 2019
#97
For all to know.The orignal title of this post (at the top) is taken directly from the story at CNN.
Stuart G
Apr 2019
#143
Chris Cillizza is an ass. Sorry. He's as biased as they come when it comes to Bernie.
KPN
Apr 2019
#160