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For second year, Bernie Sanders earns more than $1,000,000


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2018 Jun 22, 11:44am   4,737 views  31 comments

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Did any of the Bernie supporters get their "spread the wealth" check from him yet?

For the second year in a row, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ income topped six figures.

A recent financial disclosure report shows the junior Vermont senator made nearly $1.06 million in 2017. Most of his income — $885,767 — came from advances and royalties, according to the report filed in May.

Sanders earned $174,000 for his service in the Senate.

(isn't Capitalism great Bernie?? So much better than Socialism, right?)


The senator hit the $1 million mark for the first time in 2016. Most of his income came from a book deal “Our Revolution,” which came out after his failed bid for the Democratic nomination for president.

Sanders, an independent, historically has been among the least wealthy members of Congress. In 2014, for example, he earned little more than his congressional salary and had $330,000 in assets.

Throughout his political career and during his presidential run, Sanders has railed against “millionaires and billionaires” who don’t pay enough in taxes.

The 2017 disclosure form shows that the bulk of Sanders’ earnings came in the form of a $505,000 advance against royalties from publisher Macmillan – St. Martin’s Press. The New York-based publishing house is slated to put out a new book by the senator later this year.

An additional $306,000 in royalties came from the same publisher, according to the form, which also published his bestseller “Our Revolution” in 2016.

https://vtdigger.org/2018/06/22/second-year-sanders-earns-1m/

Ahhhhhh, Capitalism..... Oh Bernie, you sell-out!!

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1   bob2356   2018 Jun 22, 12:40pm  

A book advance is capitalism? ROFLOL. Does that make football players and singers capitalists too? HaHaHaHaHa. Really seriously this is piss in your pants funny.
2   FortWayne   2018 Jun 22, 1:20pm  

Biggest welfare collection by government bureaucrats.
3   MrMagic   2018 Jun 22, 1:26pm  

bob2356 says
A book advance is capitalism?


Do many people get them in Venezuela?
4   fdhfoiehfeoi   2018 Jun 22, 1:39pm  

He's a socialist right? When's he going to start sharing that million?
5   RWSGFY   2018 Jun 22, 1:41pm  

Nobody NEEDS a million bucks per year!
6   HeadSet   2018 Jun 22, 1:48pm  

bob2356 says
A book advance is capitalism? ROFLOL. Does that make football players and singers capitalists too? HaHaHaHaHa. Really seriously this is piss in your pants funny.


Please tell us what you thing a "capitalist" is.
7   theoakman   2018 Jun 22, 1:52pm  

HeadSet says
bob2356 says
A book advance is capitalism? ROFLOL. Does that make football players and singers capitalists too? HaHaHaHaHa. Really seriously this is piss in your pants funny.


Please tell us what you thing a "capitalist" is.


I wouldn't call him a capitalist. He ran a campaign on donations to make this book. Took no risk with his own money. Now he's cashing in on the fame. This was done on the backs of donations.
8   marcus   2018 Jun 22, 2:15pm  

Bernie making some money isn't hypocrisy at all. People are very much not only allowed to, but encouraged to be productive and prosper in an economic system (such as Vermont) that Bernie imagines for the U.S.

But Bernie does know what real hypocrisy is !

Sen. Sanders: 'Hypocrite' Trump rants against undocumented immigrants, but hires them at his properties
http://thehill.com/latino/393708-sanders-hypocrite-trump-rants-against-undocumented-immigrants-but-hires-them-at-his
9   MisterLefty   2018 Jun 22, 3:02pm  

More arms for the revolution, capitalist running dogs!

10   Ceffer   2018 Jun 22, 3:49pm  

"Free Shit has been veddy, veddy good to me!"

The 'ole funneling of bribe and reward money through the publishing houses and speaker circuits. When does he get another home? Three just isn't enough for a soul of his generosity, he needs a Gore half dozen.

Anybody who would actually read a book ghost written for Bernie needs LOTS of weed and LSD.
11   HeadSet   2018 Jun 22, 3:58pm  

marcus says
Bernie making some money isn't hypocrisy at all. People are very much not only allowed to, but encouraged to be productive and prosper in an economic system (such as Vermont) that Bernie imagines for the U.S.

But Bernie does know what real hypocrisy is !

Sen. Sanders: 'Hypocrite' Trump rants against undocumented immigrants, but hires them at his properties
http://thehill.com/latino/393708-sanders-hypocrite-trump-rants-against-undocumented-immigrants-but-hires-them-at-his


Are foreign guest workers "illegal aliens?" Or are you or Bernie purposely grouping H1B, H2B and other workers on visa as "illegals" to deceive?
12   marcus   2018 Jun 22, 4:27pm  

HeadSet says
Are foreign guest workers "illegal aliens?"


I wonder whose word the "analysis" is taking that the 143 out of the 144 non U.S. citizens in those jobs were "foreign guest workers."

Even if that's true, which I'm questioning, it then speaks to the clout that Trump now has to make sure all of his non U.S. citizen workers have some kind of legal documentation. That would be a wise precaution to have taken as soon as he got involved so deeply in politics.
13   RWSGFY   2018 Jun 22, 5:31pm  

I wonder what do Georgists think about book royalties. It's not that different from rent from land ownership. Sure, you do put some work into it, but the money keep coming for much longer than that. Besides, when you buy land you exchange it for money which is basically an equivalent for the work done in the past. Which means, book royalties is EXACTLY the same as rent from land.
14   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Jun 22, 5:37pm  

A million bucks sounds like good capital to me. Buy a couple of duplexes (in most places in the US and certainly in Vermont) with plenty of money left over and rent 'em out.
15   anonymous   2018 Jun 22, 5:56pm  

I have an idea of how to have capitalists and socialists living in the same country. Capitalists can give to charity whatever they feel is appropriate, and Socialists can give to charity a predetermined amount that Socialists feel is enough to deem themselves Socialists....say, 65% of their income?
16   MrMagic   2018 Jun 22, 6:16pm  

marcus says
Bernie making some money isn't hypocrisy at all.


But his donations to charity are. After railing against those evil 1%ers, saying that their income needs to be redistributed to others, good ole Bernie only donates 4% of income to charity, even though he's part of those evil 1%ers now..

Yep, income redistribution is wonderful, when it's not YOUR money that's being redistributed.

Yep, the Liberal hypocrisy is in FULL view.
17   MrMagic   2018 Jun 22, 6:59pm  

Feux Follets says
How many native born people are hired at Mar-a-Lago ?

Where is the cheap shit made that his family hawks to the faithful ?

Where are the tax records to show his annual charitable giving ? Or anything else for that matter...


Try Google.com

It's an amazing resource!
18   lostand confused   2018 Jun 22, 7:01pm  

Feux Follets says
So is the conservative/GOP/whatever hypocrisy of Potus.

Haha has the president called for redistribution? Liberals, liberals!
19   bob2356   2018 Jun 22, 7:47pm  

Sniper says


..."Capitalism is an economic system based upon private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.[


Despite the very deceptive name capitalism it means the very deceptively named capitalists invest capital (that's a fancy word for money) to make a profit. Let's try again typing very slowly this time, capitalism is when people invest money to make profit. How much investment of capital has bernie got into his book writing? ROFLOL.
20   MrMagic   2018 Jun 22, 8:02pm  

bob2356 says
Let's try again typing very slowly this time, capitalism is when people invest money to make profit. How much investment of capital has bernie got into his book writing? ROFLOL.


Investing TIME isn't investing personal capital??

Strike Two...

Want to go for Three and you're out?
21   theoakman   2018 Jun 23, 7:31am  

Sniper says
bob2356 says
Let's try again typing very slowly this time, capitalism is when people invest money to make profit. How much investment of capital has bernie got into his book writing? ROFLOL.


Investing TIME isn't investing personal capital??

Strike Two...

Want to go for Three and you're out?


He didn't invest time. He did it while he was on the clock. I'd love to invest time but I'm too busy actually working.
22   Shaman   2018 Jun 23, 7:38am  

You can’t spend leftover campaign money on yourself. However, you can use it to buy books you happen to have written, and distribute them for free at rallies! So you still get a royalty check, financed by that unusable campaign money! So, bob is actually right for once. It’s NOT capitalism! It’s sourcing unearned funds to turn them into earned funds through shady means.

Or did you really think that the Clintons’ book sales were all from people who wanted to read the horrible drivel they “wrote?” Ma Clinton had a lot of leftover campaign funds she wanted to convert into personal fortune. And Pa Clinton figured he could use their charity funds to buy his awful fiction tripe.
Hope the bookstores aren’t fooled into stocking them! Those are going into the bargain bin pretty damn quick.
23   MrMagic   2018 Jun 23, 7:49am  

theoakman says
He didn't invest time. He did it while he was on the clock. I'd love to invest time but I'm too busy actually working.


Good point, the time he invested to write the book was free, since he was being paid on the taxpayer's dime as Senator... so he's taking taxpayers money while making a million dollars on his book. Nice gig....

See, Bernie, you can't get those benefits in a Socialist country.
24   bob2356   2018 Jun 23, 7:56am  

Sniper says
bob2356 says
Let's try again typing very slowly this time, capitalism is when people invest money to make profit. How much investment of capital has bernie got into his book writing? ROFLOL.


Investing TIME isn't investing personal capital??


No. Simple as that. Capital means money and/or tangible assets, not time. It's not a hard concept if you think about it. Still laughing.


What is 'Capital'

Capital is a term for financial assets or their financial value (such as funds held in deposit accounts), as well as the tangible factors of production including equipment used in environments such as factories and other manufacturing facilities. Additionally, capital includes facilities, such as the buildings used for the production and storage of the manufactured goods. Materials used and consumed as part of the manufacturing process do not qualify.
25   RWSGFY   2018 Jun 23, 9:21am  

Aphroman says
Hassan_Rouhani says
I wonder what do Georgists think about book royalties. It's not that different from rent from land ownership. Sure, you do put some work into it, but the money keep coming for much longer than that. Besides, when you buy land you exchange it for money which is basically an equivalent for the work done in the past. Which means, book royalties is EXACTLY the same as rent from land.


Book royalties are the same thing as classical economics viewing land at capital as two different things? Huh?


Georgism is not classical economics.
26   MrMagic   2018 Jun 23, 2:21pm  

bob2356 says
No. Simple as that. Capital means money and/or tangible assets, not time. It's not a hard concept if you think about it. Still laughing.


Wrong again, apparently you've never heard of Human Capital.

What is 'Human Capital'
noun
the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community:

Strike Three, you're out!

Yep, laughing..




BTW, did Bernie send those redistribution of income checks out yet?
27   bob2356   2018 Jun 23, 4:33pm  

Sniper says
Wrong again, apparently you've never heard of Human Capital.

What is 'Human Capital'
noun
the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community:


Did you ever catch any of those straws or just grasp at them a lot? ROFLOL.
28   MrMagic   2018 Jun 23, 8:04pm  

bob2356 says
Sniper says
Wrong again, apparently you've never heard of Human Capital.

What is 'Human Capital'
noun
the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community:


Did you ever catch any of those straws or just grasp at them a lot? ROFLOL.


It really gets tiresome having to educate the economically challenged Bernie supporters.

There is actually three to six types (depending on the source) of capital in business, not just financial:

The term "capital" can refer to a number of different concepts in the business world. While most people think of financial capital, or the money a company uses to fund operations, human capital and social capital are both important contributors to a company's overall financial health.
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/032715/what-are-some-examples-different-types-capital.asp
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Here are the six kinds of capital to focus on, according to McElroy:

- Internal economic capital. This includes financial capital (funds available, including debt and equity finance), and non-financial capital (for example the value of your brand).
- External economic capital. This takes into account the impact an organization has on the financial and non-financial capital of other entities (for example, a new factory may reduce or increase real estate values nearby).
- Natural capital. This includes all natural resources we rely on, as well as ecosystem services such as climate regulation.
- Human capital. This includes knowledge, skills, experience, health, attitudes and motivation of individuals.
- Social and relationship capital. This consists of teams, networks and groups of individuals working together, and includes their shared intellectual capital.
- Constructed capital. This consists of material objects, systems or ecosystems created or cultivated by humans.
https://www.inc.com/maureen-kline/the-6-kinds-of-capital-your-business-can-t-survive-without.html

You're Welcome for the education!
29   bob2356   2018 Jun 23, 9:37pm  

Sniper says

The term "capital" can refer to a number of different concepts in the business world. While most people think of financial capital, or the money a company uses to fund operations, human capital and social capital are both important contributors to a company's overall financial health.


You're killing me here. Politicians as human capital. That's really goddam funny shit. Stand up comedy funny. So where do capitalists trade this human capital? Mercantile exchange? Commodities floor? Stock exchange? Is there a human capital ETF? How much do politicians contribute to a companies overall financial health?

Bernie the lifetime politico as a human capital. Excuse me while I piss my pants laughing.
31   Entitlemented   2018 Jul 2, 2:35pm  

Newsflash:

Karl Marx also had wealth: https://www.quora.com/How-did-Karl-Marx-earn-his-wealth

Hippocrits?

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