If he weren’t a rich man
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is no less deserving to live well than the rest of us, but he never includes himself in the 1 percenters he rails against.
The self-proclaimed Democratic socialist made nearly $1.06 million in 2017, his second year in a row to be a millionaire. Most of it came from advances and royalties on his book, “Our Revolution,” which came out after his unsuccessful attempt to get the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.
Sanders actually didn’t even need to be a millionaire to be in the 1 percenters he says are ruining the country. According to an Economic Policy Institute report, he made the cut at $389,436. In Vermont, though, he needed even less – $299,259.
Indeed, the senator needed to have earned only a bit more, $1.15 million, to have the national average income of a 1 percenter.