@Blickers,
Quote:I can assure you, Bernie got paid more than the people in the factory I worked at. Since 1991, Representatives and Senators have been paid over 100,000 yearly, and the present salary is $174,000 a year for both.
It's obvious that Congress makes more money than a factory worker, but the question remains how someone like Bernie, who has professed to be for the little guy is wealthy enough to afford 3 houses. Does he invest his money in the stock market? Does his wife invest her money? I find it interesting that someone who thinks like Bernie does goes out and buys a third house and yet campaigns against people who own multiple houses.
Quote:Did you really think people who work in factories got paid more than Congressmen and Senators? I know people who had summer homes on a lake who worked in factories. It was a few decades ago. And by the way, public service is a real job.
Sorry to say, but if you spend your life in public service, it isn't a real job. They are part of the political elite who have no real life experience or any real clue what it takes to run a business, yet they want to tell everyone how it should be done and how it should work. They live in a bubble of theory with no real understanding of the system. It's why he can stand up and say such stupid things about capitalism, while going out and buying a 3rd house, which happens to be on a lake. He never earned any decent money that didn't come from the pockets of the tax payer. People who are politicians for life are leaches on society.
Quote:If you think public service is such a soft ride, why don't you run for office?
I've already done my public service, I served in the Army for 6 years and spent time in Pakistan and Afghanistan, what have you done?
I don't think the actual public service it's self would be that difficult, it's the campaigning that is the battle field and it's one I don't wish to subject my family to.
