A truism: The internet is nothing if not snarky. Senator Bernie Sanders found that out first hand this week.
The former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination tweeted Thursday: "How many yachts do billionaires need? How many cars do they need? Give us a break. You can't have it all."
A number of Twitter users were quick to point out that the Vermont senator owns three houses, which doesn't quite elevate him to billionaire status—but doesn't put him among the masses, either.
Sanders and his wife, Jane, recently bought a summer home in Vermont on Lake Champlain to add to their houses in D.C. and Burlington, Vermont. Local magazine Seven Days reported in August the Sanders family paid about $600,000 for the lakefront home in North Hero, Vermont. Jane O'Meara Sanders told Seven Days why the family chose the spot.
"We've traveled up to the islands many times over the years—almost always on day trips," she said in a statement. “We've been impressed with the North Hero community, eaten at the North Hero House and Shore Acres and have suggested them to friends who were looking for a beautiful place to stay or have dinner. St. Anne's Shrine in Isle La Motte is my favorite church and it is nearby."
OpenSecrets.org estimated in 2014 that Sanders had a net worth of $436,013. Mostly through his Senate salary and social security he makes more than $200,000 per year, which would put him in the top 4 percent of Americans. But he's still likely one of the least wealthy senators.
Roll Call pegged Sanders' net worth as 88th out of 100 in 2015. "I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate," Sanders said last year during a debate. That statement was ruled to be "mostly true" by fact-checker Politifact.
#1: A Pole To: Justified (#0)
So? He knows them better than you.
A Pole posted on 2017-04-23 12:34:34 Reply Private Reply
#2: Justified To: A Pole (#1)
Just bought a 600K house to vacay in? OMG Must be nice!!!
He is another do as I say not as I do politicians from the far far left. Socialist are the biggest hypocrites out there.
Justified posted on 2017-04-23 12:44:03 Reply Private Reply
#3: A Pole To: Justified (#2)
Not at all.
Are you jealous? Average house price in Boston is 542K. So?
A Pole posted on 2017-04-23 12:48:22 Reply Private Reply
#4: Justified To: A Pole (#3)
Am I jealous. No. Do not care what people do with their hard earned money unlike Bernie and progressives do as they are being hypocritical.
Lets see he bought a vacay lake front home for $600k where the medium income is $45k and its 98% white. I guess when you work in the city with all that racial riffraff you need to get away to a white sanctuary! LOL HYPOCRITE!!!!
Justified posted on 2017-04-23 12:57:32 Reply Private Reply
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A Pole posted on 2017-04-23 13:01:42 Reply Private Reply
#6: Justified To: A Pole (#5)
Im just putting out facts and that scares the hell out of progressives!
Justified posted on 2017-04-23 13:06:27 Reply Private Reply
#7: Tooconservative To: Justified (#0)
Bernie's excuse was that they had just sold a house they inherited so they bought another where they wanted one. He had 3 houses, sold one, bought another.
It doesn't help his position much but it explains where he got the money to buy another house.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-04-23 13:18:44 Reply Private Reply
#8: A Pole To: Justified (#6)
This is Rush Limbaugh house (guest houses are in the back):
A Pole posted on 2017-04-23 13:59:46 Reply Private Reply
#9: goldilucky To: Justified (#0)
I read somewhere that US government employees and public officials cannot receive social security.
goldilucky posted on 2017-04-23 14:34:57 Reply Private Reply
#10: Justified To: A Pole (#8)
Rush is not telling people they need to spend more on worthless welfare programs so people can sit at home making more babies to get on welfare! Its Bernie the hypocrite!
Justified posted on 2017-04-23 14:59:59 Reply Private Reply
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Justified posted on 2017-04-23 15:04:04 Reply Private Reply
#12: A Pole To: Justified (#10)
Rush is THE GREATEST hypocrite, praying on poor people who tells them that they are in the "middle class" (I will work and probably never have enough to retire").
Brave warrior with with "pilonidal cyst".
War on drugs junkie.
Phony Christian with as many wives as Henry the VIII
A Pole posted on 2017-04-23 15:51:16 Reply Private Reply
#13: Justified To: A Pole (#12)
This is about Bernie and his hypocritical ways like all progressives. Keep claiming you need to sacrifice more for the poor while pushing crony capitalism to line their pockets!
Rush made his money the old fashion way and earned it with hard work and sacrifice. Progressives demand people give them money because its your duty to help the poor while turning people into permanent poor because they get a cut!!!
Justified posted on 2017-04-23 17:03:55 Reply Private Reply
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goldilucky posted on 2017-04-23 18:25:43 Reply Private Reply
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Justified posted on 2017-04-23 19:19:24 Reply Private Reply
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goldilucky posted on 2017-04-23 21:15:27 Reply Private Reply
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Justified posted on 2017-04-23 21:29:36 Reply Private Reply
#18: goldilucky To: Justified (#17)
Not if you work for the federal government. You can't be receiving government pensions and SS too.
goldilucky posted on 2017-04-23 23:31:11 Reply Private Reply
#19: Justified To: goldilucky (#18)
"Employees under the Civil Service Retirement System, which generally covers employees first hired before 1984, pay 7 percent of their salary into the federal retirement fund. They don't pay Social Security payroll taxes, nor do they earn a Social Security benefit through their federal service.Feb 23, 2012"
Its either a mistake on the writer or they are considering his wife's SS.
BTW who really cares?
Justified posted on 2017-04-24 08:01:41 Reply Private Reply