Posted on 01/28/2020 6:05:24 AM PST by knighthawk
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has been a loud and constant voice for socialist policies throughout his 30 years in Washington, D.C., a self-proclaimed champion of the collective good. But in researching my new book, "Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Political Elite," I discovered that while Sanders may talk about the common good, his public service has made him and his family quite wealthy.
Perhaps no one has benefited more from Sanders’s career in politics than his wife Jane.
When Bernie was first elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont, he appointed his then-girlfriend, Jane Driscoll, to head his administration’s Youth Office. Though the position was originally unpaid, Bernie eventually put Jane on the payroll over objections of the city council. The job was never advertised so that others could apply. A local paper noted that Sanders never bothered to provide evidence as to Jane’s “qualifications” for the position.
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CONgress. Turning dumbasses into millionaires for decades.
The term public service is such a misnomer.
Washington is basically Hollywood for ugly people except that it has actual power to screw up your life whether you patronize it or not.
An honest man can make a million in commerce but no way an honest man becomes rich in elected office.
Read the book Profiles in Corruption. It shows how Sanders, Pelosi, Romney, Biden and so many more got rich from deals for their family and friends while in office.
Jane is such a hottie! No man can resist helping her!!~sarc
He set out to do good and ended up doing well.
Burny Cinders knows that that socialism is a system of aristocratic privilege with a court society for the leaders/rulers and slave labor for the masses.
Servicing the public would be more accurate.
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