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Peter Schweizer: Bernie Sanders rails about common good but public service has made him (and his family) rich

By Peter Schweizer | Fox News

 

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.

The appointment would remain a source of controversy for Sanders. After Bernie and Jane got married in 1988, his new wife received a big pay increase. As one local newspaper reported, “Political sparks flew at Burlington’s annual city meeting Monday night as Democratic aldermen raised a series of questions concerning a hefty pay raise for Mayor Bernie Sanders’ new wife and whether she should continue to hold her job as director of the Mayor’s Youth Office.”

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/bernie-sanders-public-service-rich-peter-schweizer

 

 

 

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30 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

Emerson College poll?

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22 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah.  Bernie may have a shot here.  I'd rather lose with someone like him than a moderate candidate like Bloomberg or Biden.  At least the party would learn the right lesson.

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7 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

Yeah.  Bernie may have a shot here.  I'd rather lose with someone like him than a moderate candidate like Bloomberg or Biden.  At least the party would learn the right lesson.

Just curious, what lesson would you like the party to learn by losing with Bernie?

 

Also, Bloomberg is no moderate. He may not be a progressive socialist, but he’s a an authoritarian wannabe tyrant. 

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1 hour ago, Deranged Rhino said:

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Uh... her whole career was built on disinformation.

 

Translation: "I've been lying about being a Native American almost all my life, and since I've entered politics I've taken a lot of nutty positions and done some nutty things. So if everyone promises not to bring any of that up, I promise not to tell more lies. What? No my fingers weren't crossed."

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