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He’s got a point. I’ll accept that Sanders is true to his economic values and has a modest and unsurprising filing. But, mygosh, if he can’t handle that on time, how the heck can he deal with the US budget?

Or, maybe it isn't so modest and he is trying to conceal it as long as possible.

I've heard some Sanders supporters claim Bernie's net worth is only $300K. My (silent) response: if that's really true, he has nothing to boast about. Given his annual income during his years in Congress alone, at his age he should be worth a lot more than that -- unless he was a spendthrift.

OpenSecrets.org puts Sanders between $123K and $749K, with an average of $436K. The range is due to how disclosure forms are structured, as they provide ranges for each asset.

Note: the disclosure forms do not require personal residences or personal property to be reported, although some do and OpenSecrets includes them. The forms also do not require retirement accounts with the federal government to be reported.

For what it's worth, this is Trump's disclosure form:

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2175187/trump.pdf

The "number of pages" is a vast understatement. There are:

515 positions held outside US government.
168 entries for Trump's employment assets/income.
5 entries for his wife's employment assets/income.
About 240 entries for "other assets and income" (bank accounts and brokerage account holdings)
16 entries for liabilities (mostly mortgages)

I'm sure the leftists will find something to complain about in the disclosure form, like "OMG, Trump owns stock in Evil corporation!!".

But, I'll bet that it didn't take long for Trump's accountants to compile this. I'll guess that he demands they keep this information organized and close at hand.

Bern owns three homes.

Sanders is hiding some of his assets (legally):

O’Brien says that Sanders’ financial disclosure forms are incomplete. “For someone who doesn’t care about money, he goes a long way to cover up his true net worth,” he says. “Bernie does not disclose the value of real estate holdings. He can. He is not required to, but he could if he chose. It is known that he and/or his wife own at least two homes—one with rental income in Vermont and one near Capitol Hill where the median home value is $722,000.”

Thanks for that information. The discrepancies in Sander's net worth can easily be explained by whether of not personal property and retirement accounts are included. It also supports my contention that his net worth is very reasonable for his circumstances.

Those who want to criticize his net worth or job history? That's counterproductive. It isn't AT ALL atypical of someone of his age with his biography. Criticizing it would be a turn off to most people.

Best to keep the eye on the prize. That would be the time during oollege and soon after for Sanders. Some of those listings could indicate something very radical, way beyond the norm, even for the '60s.