Bernie Sanders Is a De Facto Millionaire
Democratic presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rails against the “billionaire class,” has called income inequality “the greatest moral issue of our time,” and has made a big point of contrasting his earnings against his peers in this election.
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True, on the financial disclosure forms Sanders released after announcing his entrance into the presidential race, he lists no assets of his own, other than a $5,000 annual pension payment from his stint as mayor of Burlington, Vt. All of the investments itemized on the disclosure form belong to his wife, Jane, who worked as an educator and college administrator.
But that form does not require Sanders to disclose the amount of savings or the kinds of investments he holds in his government retirement savings account, known as the Thrift Savings Plan — the well-regarded retirement plan, similar in many ways, to a private-sector 401(k), that GOP hopeful Marco Rubio actually proposes opening up to other Americans. The form also doesn’t include the large pension that Sanders will receive when he retires from Congress.
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Although Sanders and his wife’s joint tax return showed income of only a little more than $200,000 for 2014 — including his $174,000 salary, his mayoral pension, and their Social Security payments — the senator’s expected retirement benefits make his situation much more comparable to those in the millionaire class he faults. If Sanders, now 74, retires from politics at the end of his current Senate term two years from now, without having won the presidential election, he will be able to collect an annual pension of $71,340, MONEY calculated using the current Congressional pension formula.
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Indeed, when you factor in his mayoral pension, any Thrift Savings Plan assets, and Jane Sanders’ retirement funds, the household’s effective retirement nest egg could be closer to a $2 million valuation. That’s well above the American average, of course. About half of households 55 and older have no retirement savings, according to a GAO report released last summer. And of those who do, households age 65-74 had a median $148,000 saved.
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http://time.com/money/4235986/bernie-sanders-millionaire-finances/
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do that to big vehicles regularly. 
Beer trucks seem to especially vulnerable for some reason. Note the sign that says "Hill" -- just in case there was any question. :ROFL:
Good luck with that one.
like so many of us Federal Government employees.
Read all about it here https://www.tsp.gov/index.html
and if you're lucky, get a job with the Federal government. Good healthcare options too:
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