Posted on 02/22/2020 11:18:57 AM PST by Olog-hai
Despite being a self-described socialist and a scourge of the elite classes, Bernie Sanders is in fact a millionaire with a property portfolio that includes three homes, which are pictured in exclusive DailyMail.com photos.
The 78-year-old Vermont senator’s property portfolio was mocked by presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg during Wednesday night’s debate, as he remarked: “The best known socialist in the country happens to be a millionaire with three houses. What did I miss?”
“You missed that I work in Washington; house one,” responded Sanders. “I live in Burlington; house two. And like thousands of other Vermonters, I do have a summer camp. Forgive me for that. Where is your home; which tax haven do you live in?”
Sanders, who has taken the lead in the recent national polls in the race, has had to defend his health, his ability to beat President Trump in November and now his estimated net worth of $2.5 million. […]
He owns a main residence in Burlington, Vermont, a one bedroom pied-à-terre in Washington, D.C. that’s just a half-mile walk from the Capitol Building and he most recently plopped down $575,000 in cash for a lakefront cabin complete with a guest cottage in North Hero Island, Vermont in the summer of 2016. […]
Although the 99-year-old wooden camp house on an island in the middle of Lake Champlain is nondescript compared to many of its neighbors, it’s the way Sanders and his second wife Jane bought the home that has ignited controversy. They scooped up the property soon after Burlington College — where Jane was a former president — was forced to close due to debts. …
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LOL! Great post. Bourgeois Bernie. Karl (read the Manifesto) hated them. He would’ve spit on the Bern. Great position papers on the “STRUGGLE”, Bern. You’re a useless fraud, parasite/old man. Uncle Joe would have no problem putting one in the back of your head.
It’s not just corruption that is the problem, it’s also that nobody does anything about it. It seems to me what we have with William Barr is another Jeff Sessions. All talk talk to keep the people placated and then he does nothing because he has no intention to.
It seems like a good communist should be able to share each of those houses with three other immigrant families.
Great work per usual, Gramps. Keep hammering them.
HOW COULD YOU LEAVE OUT THE CLINTONS ???
ML/NJ
Thanks FRiend.
The elite rats in power and losing that power daily make it easy to make fun of them.
He should have got more he is a cheap whore
Thanks.
The elite/super rich left wing criminals make it so easy.
“Perhaps he made some wise investment.”
I’m no Bernie fan, but this is extraordinarily humble for a US Senator for decades.
He might be the poorest man in the US Senate.
And this “portfolio” is easily acquired on his Senate salary alone.
How does he pay the property taxes and maintenance/upkeep on three houses, all on a Public Servant salary.
Dude never had a paying job till he hit midlife
How many dachas does comrade Sanders want?
Okay, fine. But there’s still upkeep, taxes, utilities and other costs associated with homeownership. Unless he’s renting the place out. Maybe it’s an AirBnB?
Peter Schweizer: ‘The Biggest Charity in Bernie’s Life Is Bernie’
MARLOW: I thought the person who came off worst in the book — believe it or not, even a little bit worse than Biden — is Bernie Sanders. We all knew that Bernie was the only socialist in America with three homes, one that is lakefront. The corruption, he’s dripping with it. It’s not just that he is inauthentic to be a socialist that’s worth at least $15 million with three homes, but it seems like he’s really been using legal loopholes to enrich himself.
One of the things I was laughing at, Peter, because we had a little book party for you yesterday, and there were maybe 50 or 100 books around, Bernie’s campaign used to buy gobs and gobs of Bernie’s book. So you donate to Bernie and then Bernie buys Bernie’s books, and that’s the pattern he had his whole life. So let’s start with Burlington College. This seemed like a legit fraud to me.
SCHWEIZER: Burlington college was — was, because it’s now shut down — was this sort of, let’s say, hippie college that had … financial troubles. It was kind of limping along, and they hired Jane Sanders, Bernie’s wife, to come on as president. They were very explicit; they said they brought on Jane because of who Bernie was and the connections that he has. So, Jane becomes president of the college. She’s being paid a very nice salary for a college that size, about $180,000 [or] $200,000 a year, and she’s very ambitious. She wants to expand the college. So she takes on these loans to buy additional property and buildings so she can expand the college.
Now, the problem is, on these bank loans that she applied for — the applications — she claimed several individuals had committed to making million-dollar or more contributions to the college, and that was essentially where she was the saying the money was going to come from for the loans.
After the college collapsed, people went back and asked those individuals [about the pledges], [and] they said, “I never pledged that money.” So this spawned the FBI investigation to look at [her]. Was she engaged in bank fraud by deceiving the bankers?
But the problem is even more direct in the sense that they take on this debt. They’re having financial difficulties, they’re limping along, they’re having cash flow problems. What’s going on while that happens? The budget of the college is like $3 million a year; Jane starts funneling money to a an unaccredited woodworking school that just happens to be run by her daughter, and she sends half a million dollars to this entity while her college is having these financial difficulties.
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/01/29/peter-schweizer-bernie-is-his-biggest-charity/
Wow...His $450,000 house doesn’t even have a ce-ment driveway...And no landscaping...And no shutters...
While net worth is a useful measure, it does not stop somebody who has been first a Rep, then Senator for nearly 30 years from acquiring a $2+ mil real estate portfolio...on public salary alone.
I would be far more concerned with somebody like Alcee Hastings who in 2012 had a net worth of -$4mil.
Debt is a determinant factor in net worth.
This weird attack on the Commie Sanders goes nowhere.
And it’s at least silly, more suited to Democrats than any Republican or conservative.
It’s just the classic Alinsky tactic of making the enemy play by their own set of rules.
The ideology Sanders pushes dictates that he not make even that amount of money.
Hastings is not running for POTUS.
I never claimed that Bernie is not corrupt.
And we know his wife is a criminal.
But it’s chump change for DC.
Chump change.
Here are a few more; Posted here in FR with sources linked
How swamp family members got rich through corruption Schweizer book review; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3809389/posts
New York Post ^ | January 18, 2020 | Biden’$Bundle$ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3809208/posts More here; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3809708/posts
Court Filing: Hunter Biden earned $156M from Ukraine corruption
One America News ^ | 12/25/19 | OAN News Posted on 12/26/2019, 8:52:00 PM by Blood of Tyrants http://www.freerepublic.com.focus/f-news/3803694/posts
Hunter Biden is facing new accusations of money laundering from Ukraine .BREAKING: Pelosi’s Son Now Involved In Ukraine Scandal- Democrat Party In Shambles
Rightwingtribune.com ^ | Dean James & Dean Garrison at DC Clothesline October 4, 2019
Hunter Biden move over. Now Nancy Pelosi’s son may be looking to take center stage with the Ukraine controversy. Paul Pelosi, Jr. spent time in Ukraine in 2017. “BOOM: Nancy Pelosi’s son Paul Pelosi Jr. (who went to Ukraine in 2017) was a board member of Viscoil and executive at its related company NRGLab, which DID ENERGY Business in UKRAINE! And Nancy Pelosi appeared in a promotional video for the company!”
Speaker Pelosi’s Son Paid $180K annual by InfoUSA (No Experience necessary)12/29/2019, 7:03:41 PM · by Liz · 7 replies
theunionjournal.com ^ | December 29, 2019 | Carlos Christian
Shortly after Nancy Pelosi became Speaker, in 2007, Paul Pelosi Jr. was employed by InfoUSA at $180,000 a year as vice chairman for Strategic Planning. Paul Pelosi had a full-time day job as a mortgage mortgage officer for Countrywide Loans in California but didn’t report to work http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3804232/posts
Top Romney Adviser Worked With Hunter Biden On Board Of Ukrainian Energy Company
Federalist ^ | September 26, 2019 | Erielle Davidson Posted on 10/4/2019, 8:14:46 PM by cocoapuff Federalist—According to Burisma’s website, Joseph Cofer Black (Romney adviser) was appointed in February of 2017 and continues to serve on its board. The timelines would indicate that Black and Biden worked together at Burisma,
Burisma Paid Joe Biden $900,000 for Lobbying – Ukrainian MP
Ukraine News Agency ^ |KYIV. Oct 9 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden received $900,000 for lobbying activities from Burisma Group, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada member Andriy Derkach said citing investigation materials the amount of $900,000 were transferred to the U.S.-based company Rosemont Seneca Partners, open sources, in particular, the New York Times, is affiliated with Biden. payment for consultative services,”;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3785536/posts
Obama gave Pearson Publishing $350 million to create Commoncore text and Pearson gave Obama a $65 million dollar book deal in return. Investment Watch ^ | 12/8/19 |The Obamas’ $60m book deal has broken all records. From James Patterson to JK Rowling and Pope John Paul II, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3805839/posts
Chelsea Clinton is worth big bucks — Here’s how she managed to make all that money Fox News ^ | 1/12/2020 | Tammy Bruce Posted on 1/12/2020, 3:33:01 PM New York Post reported back in 2015 an estimated net worth of $15 million Barron’s, revealed that Chelsea Clinton has now reaped $9 million in a corporate board position. In 2011, her mother was still secretary of state, she was appointed to IAC/, an Internet investment company. receives an annual $50,000 retainer and $250,000 worth of IAC stock , according to Barron’s .Politico reported she is rewarded with $600,000 a year doing occasional fluffy feature stories.. Vanity Fair found, after she parted ways with NBC News in 2014, she ended up making $26,724 per minute .http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3807636/posts
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