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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: So I was curious at Sanders' 2016 retrun [View all]question everything
(47,425 posts)43. And he, and his spouse, are running at least three business entities
judging by three different Schedule Cs, for both 2016 and 2018.
In 2016 they were for:
VEDA Commissioner, income = $156
Recording Artist (really?) income = $2521
Book Author, income = $840,485
In 2018 they were for:
Music Royalties, income = $110
Book Royalties Verso (Publishing House?) income = $1810
Book Royalties McMillan, income = $391,000
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His newfound millionaire status probably explains why he never released his tax returns.
Renew Deal
Apr 2019
#1
People act like this is some big revelation. His book income is disclosed every year
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2019
#7
Personal homes, even second and third homes, are not included on the Senate Disclosure forms.
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#13
Mostly. Because he is the only one running as a Democrat while he is not
question everything
Apr 2019
#42
And he, and his spouse, are running at least three business entities
question everything
Apr 2019
#43
He also donated the proceeds of one of his books to charity and chose not to take
vsrazdem
Apr 2019
#4
Not sure, someone else had commented that he had said that. However, 18,000 is sure a lot
vsrazdem
Apr 2019
#65
I'd like to see a link to Sanders attacking a Democrat for being a millionaire.
rgbecker
Apr 2019
#20
I was gonna say he attacks dems CONSTANTLY, to find just one example is laughable
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2019
#28
Mrs. Coffee's post will do. Bernie accused the Democratic party as being the party for people
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#47
How much did he donate without taking a deduction? A couple hundred in royalties? n/t
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#36
You keep saying that he donated book proceeds and did not take the deduction.
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#53
I don't keep saying it. I stated it once as mentioned in the linked article
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#70
There have been several msm articles on it. I believe that I first read it here on another podt.
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#85
We will have to agree to disagree. Eventhough I don't agree with you a lot, I like the general
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#86
How much in royalties did that book make? Funny he didn't mention that piece of info.
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#61
When he wears a wrong color suite and his hamburger comes from Trump steaks. I'm reasonable
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#39
Did Sanders release his ... FULL ... returns? Is there a site we can see them? thx in advance
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#75
Ah, I'm still looking for a sight we can see the returns. Not releasing all the schedules does matte
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#78
Or once he had no choice but to show that he was a millionaire of several years running.
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#59
If the nazi fascist stays in the WH after 2020, I know EXACTLY who to blame
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2019
#30
Just so you know, Bernie isn't a miserly giver as some are. Links and I'll highlight
Autumn
Apr 2019
#69