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Vidal

(642 posts) Sat May 18, 2019, 11:20 AM May 2019

How Bernie Sanders Got Rich Selling Books (just the facts) [View all]

OK, here is a chart from Forbes showing Sanders' income from book royalties.

Link to tweet

Here's the link to Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2019/04/12/how-bernie-sanders-the-socialist-senator-amassed-a-25-million-fortune/#42f0e94236bf

Also, here's the link to FEC filings showing: Bernie spent $444,937.50 of his campaign dollars on his book "Our Revolution".

https://www.reddit.com/r/Enough_Sanders_Spam/comments/bfsebt/bernie_spent_44493750_of_campaign_dollars_on_his/

Sanders' book royalties included a $505,000 advance on his book “Where We Go From Here,” which was published in 2018, Newsweek reported.

This is why he has so much income even though this book sold only 26,000 copies.

The publisher figured that since his book "Our Revolution" was a bestseller, then his new book would be one also.

But "Our Revolution" was a bestseller only because he sold the books to himself, using money donated to his campaign.

Somehow all of this doesn't seem quite kosher. But it does explain how Bernie got rich by running for president.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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How Bernie Sanders Got Rich Selling Books (just the facts) [View all] Vidal May 2019 OP

Sweet! NurseJackie May 2019 #1

Hey! Maybe I can do that with my slow-moving book! MineralMan May 2019 #2

Not Very Socialistic Me. May 2019 #3

Funny cause he isnt a socialist. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #5

He says he is. NurseJackie May 2019 #29

Go ahead and reread my post Tiggeroshii May 2019 #30

Go ahead and re-watch mine. I'll wait. NurseJackie May 2019 #31

I did. He said it. Now your turn :) Tiggeroshii May 2019 #34

I take him at his word. So should you. NurseJackie May 2019 #40

Well that's a start Tiggeroshii May 2019 #53

Slogans are not plans. NurseJackie May 2019 #102

Funny how you stopped "taking him at his word" when something substantial is discussed... Tiggeroshii May 2019 #105

I'd have to see something substantial first. All I hear are slogans. NurseJackie May 2019 #107

You'd have to try to find something substantial first Tiggeroshii May 2019 #127

Anyone can read things from a wish-list. I guess I just have higher standards... NurseJackie May 2019 #128

Good luck! Tiggeroshii May 2019 #129

I live in the real world. I don't rely on luck or fantasies... NurseJackie May 2019 #131

Godspeed? Tiggeroshii May 2019 #132

Gambatte! :) Tiggeroshii May 2019 #133

Sounds so trumpian! Just another thing trump and Sanders have in common, They need lunamagica May 2019 #89

So we simply ignore what candidate's own words & claims. Thats the same thing TRUMP people do. oldsoftie May 2019 #42

"Socialist" is short hand for democratic socialist Tiggeroshii May 2019 #51

I've watched what he's done. Nuggets May 2019 #79

That's fine. Criticize him for that. Not for what labels people choose for him. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #81

Can't do that here Nuggets May 2019 #84

Sanders also voted against Russian sanctions, didn't he? NurseJackie May 2019 #104

BS missed the last Russia sanctions vote. lapucelle May 2019 #109

Ah... unions and stuff. NurseJackie May 2019 #110

Sanders praising Fidel Castro & Ortega, declining to condemn Maduro & Chavez tell us enough. oldsoftie May 2019 #134

he is on video saying quote I am a socialist unquote nt msongs May 2019 #91

You dont believe him on most things, why suddenly do you believe him on that? Tiggeroshii May 2019 #95

Still peddling that eh? BannonsLiver May 2019 #93

You dont believe him on most things, why suddenly do you believe him on that? Tiggeroshii May 2019 #97

I'm just calling him what he calls himself. BannonsLiver May 2019 #99

So you take him at his word on that? Tiggeroshii May 2019 #100

He is a socialist, as he says. BannonsLiver May 2019 #101

Good for him! Tiggeroshii May 2019 #4

Many of the books he "sold" were purchased by his own campaign to give out free.... George II May 2019 #6

.. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #8

Look at the OP, $444,900 was spent by the Bernie 2016 campaign on "books" purchased from.... George II May 2019 #21

Quite Me. May 2019 #35

I'll await the response, since you have provided the requested info. oldsoftie May 2019 #43

No it's not good enough George. Click on the links for the Verso Books expenditures for his book Autumn May 2019 #58

The two transactions. They don't say when the books were delivered to the campaign. George II May 2019 #62

I know I got one in 2016 so there's that Autumn May 2019 #67

Right, that $450K was spent at the end of 2015, so there's that George II May 2019 #70

In other words, a shell game. MH1 May 2019 #63

Years ago when I worked in midtown Manhattan, there were guys like this every few corners: George II May 2019 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver May 2019 #94

Yes InDEED calguy May 2019 #10

Is It Legal To Use Campaign Funds Me. May 2019 #11

Yes Tiggeroshii May 2019 #13

But Didn't He Me. May 2019 #18

Post 15 actually laid it out well Tiggeroshii May 2019 #20

I Saw That Me. May 2019 #23

The accusation is he became a millionaire through campaign money Tiggeroshii May 2019 #25

But if course there is a lot of wiggle when people are posting and pushing "alternative facts" Autumn May 2019 #33

Or THe Art Of The Deal Ala Traitor Trump Me. May 2019 #37

It only works that way if Bernie has mastered the art of time travel. But don't let that Autumn May 2019 #41

Blind Me? Me. May 2019 #45

Blind you??? I see the problem now, my response to you confused you. Autumn May 2019 #48

Oh Dear Oh Dear Me. May 2019 #55

Apparently so. It's an end run around the law. Senators are prohibited from receiving honoraria... George II May 2019 #57

... Tiggeroshii May 2019 #12

Got a link to that George? I got the book when I donated. I didn't buy any tickets to Autumn May 2019 #24

But you essentially "bought" the book anyway, you wouldn't have gotten it if you didn't contribute. George II May 2019 #60

Well I didn't get a private meeting and a promise to vote for legislation I was lobbying Autumn May 2019 #66

Please read the subject of the OP. George II May 2019 #68

I did. Are you naive enough to believe in time travel? Cause that's the only way the OP works Autumn May 2019 #71

Ever hear of an advance purchase? George II May 2019 #73

One last time. The book was originally published in 1997 and reprinted in 2015. Autumn May 2019 #76

That's the book that YOU received, not necessarily what the $445K was spent on. George II May 2019 #80

Guess what George? That's the book he had published by Verso Publishing, the one he gave to his Autumn May 2019 #88

Can these smears also be applied to non-votes to hold R B Garr May 2019 #74

Thanks for pointing out Nuggets May 2019 #112

The Democratic Party's infrastructure didn't write the three books that made him a millionaire. Autumn May 2019 #113

Yeah right! Nuggets May 2019 #114

Yeah right! Autumn May 2019 #115

Yeah right. Nuggets May 2019 #116

Jim Webb. The guy who decided not to run in 2016 because he was "not comfortable" Autumn May 2019 #117

A rebuttal designed to try to take focus off these facts. Nuggets May 2019 #120

Convenient. You bring him up, I point out a fact about him and I'm taking the focus off your opinion Autumn May 2019 #122

And you purposely missed why I brought him up. Nuggets May 2019 #124

So what's not kosher, besides babylonsister May 2019 #7

He did great. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #9

What's not kosher is the book the OP is lying about Bernie making money off wasn't written Autumn May 2019 #44

Wow! babylonsister May 2019 #46

The way the spin is going it's almost Sarah Huckabee territory. Autumn May 2019 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #64

WOW is right!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #65

This is where the stainless steel De Lorean comes in. Uncle Joe May 2019 #118

I can just see Bernie jumping out of that. Autumn May 2019 #119

Get serious now, It's not so far fetched. Uncle Joe May 2019 #121

Well Biff fits the picture. Autumn May 2019 #123

That's what I read in some scholarly articles and at least one eye witness account Uncle Joe May 2019 #125

Essentially a money-laundering scheme to pocket campaign contributions LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #14

THat's What I'm Wondering Me. May 2019 #19

I don't think so. Seems that candidates can't get royalties from what the campaign buys. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #54

The problem you have is that the book that the campaign spent $444,937.50 on in 2015 , Autumn May 2019 #15

+1000 Tiggeroshii May 2019 #16

They are lying to smear Bernie and they know it. It's disgraceful. Autumn May 2019 #26

Agreed. These smear campaigns are uncalled for. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #27

The Bernie bashing never ends...regardless of the facts!!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #59

Back to the drawing board for the Bernie obsessed Hassin Bin Sober May 2019 #111

If Bernie spent $444,937.50 of his campaign dollars on his book "Our Revolution" that's a Autumn May 2019 #17

I also wonder if the "Bernie Standard" has been applied to other prior candidates who wrote books. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #61

He has every right to earn money; it's just a shame he refused to do so when his kid was on welfare LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #22

.. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #28

Sanders was too busy running as a socialst to support his family: LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #36

Shameless reaching and smearing. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #38

Neither reaching, nor smearing. He put his own aspirations above providing for his child, and LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #39

That's none of your business, is it. babylonsister May 2019 #47

Actually, a lot of people do. But some people don't care. LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver May 2019 #96

This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #32

Since you seem to have a singular negative focus here you have earned an ignore. CentralMass May 2019 #50

Pay no attention. Move along. Just another KPN May 2019 #56

I don't wonder anymore . When someone shows you what they are believe them. Autumn May 2019 #69

perhaps you could use that advice Skittles May 2019 #77

I'm not the one creating an OP filled with lies that Bernie scammed money in 2015 Autumn May 2019 #78

that went way over your head Skittles May 2019 #92

Oh, I don't wonder about some things ... but I can't safely say what those are here. KPN May 2019 #135

Yeah Autumn May 2019 #136

Wow, scandalous. This should be vetted. R B Garr May 2019 #75

It isnt exactly true as claimed. Tiggeroshii May 2019 #83

Reddit doesn't vet. They are not investigative journalists. R B Garr May 2019 #130

I vote for a separate anti-Bernie forum G_j May 2019 #82

There's a capital idea! nt babylonsister May 2019 #85

In that case, we'd need a separate anti-Biden forum as well. highplainsdem May 2019 #87

also a good idea... nt G_j May 2019 #90

You'll be alright. BannonsLiver May 2019 #98

It's just sad to see all the devisiveness that's created by these unfounded attacks on Bernie. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #103

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver May 2019 #126

The new book will also be a bestseller NYMinute May 2019 #86

BS did receive royalties for the sale of an updated version his old book in 2016. lapucelle May 2019 #106

Lets see now Andy823 May 2019 #108

I'm surprised that a book which has sold 26,000 copies qualifies as a best-seller. Frankly, lunamagica May 2019 #137

Who is surprised by this? Gothmog May 2019 #138