| | Sanders constantly complains about the rich 1% but [[Liberal hypocrisy|he doesn't live like a common man]] – he himself is a member of the 1%.<ref name="1%er"/> Bernie [[Limousine liberal|is a millionaire]] with three homes,<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2016/04/13/millionaire-bashing-bernie-sanders-millionaire-three-homes Billionaire-Bashing Bernie Sanders Is a Millionaire With Three Homes, MRC Newsbusters.org, April 13, 2016]</ref> one in D.C., one in his hometown in Vermont, and a summer ''dacha''.<ref><small>"One cannot fully understand Russia without understanding the cultural context behind Russian dacha....October Revolution of 1917 brought with it a law, which forbid private ownership of land in Russia “forever”....Stalin figured that granting such privilege as summer dacha to his closest people in the government and to the VIP people from culture and science élite will be very motivating for them. ...Distribution was merit-based, one needed to fully comply with the ideology and wait in a long line, sometimes for many years....getting a dacha became one the dreams of Soviet people, in the same line as getting an apartment or a car. There were many manipulations – how to get dacha quicker. In Russia law and rules were always particularistic, so if you knew somebody, you could get to the desired dacha much quicker.<br>https://understandrussia.com/dacha/ </small></ref> Together, Bernie and Jane's 2014 total unadjusted gross earnings was $205,617.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/politics/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-taxes/index.html Bernie and Jane Sanders earned nearly $206K in 2014, tax returns show, CNN, April 15, 2016]</ref> | | Sanders constantly complains about the rich 1% but [[Liberal hypocrisy|he doesn't live like a common man]] – he himself is a member of the 1%.<ref name="1%er"/> Bernie [[Limousine liberal|is a millionaire]] with three homes,<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2016/04/13/millionaire-bashing-bernie-sanders-millionaire-three-homes Billionaire-Bashing Bernie Sanders Is a Millionaire With Three Homes, MRC Newsbusters.org, April 13, 2016]</ref> one in D.C., one in his hometown in Vermont, and a summer ''dacha''.<ref><small>"One cannot fully understand Russia without understanding the cultural context behind Russian dacha....October Revolution of 1917 brought with it a law, which forbid private ownership of land in Russia “forever”....Stalin figured that granting such privilege as summer dacha to his closest people in the government and to the VIP people from culture and science élite will be very motivating for them. ...Distribution was merit-based, one needed to fully comply with the ideology and wait in a long line, sometimes for many years....getting a dacha became one the dreams of Soviet people, in the same line as getting an apartment or a car. There were many manipulations – how to get dacha quicker. In Russia law and rules were always particularistic, so if you knew somebody, you could get to the desired dacha much quicker.<br>https://understandrussia.com/dacha/ </small></ref> Together, Bernie and Jane's 2014 total unadjusted gross earnings was $205,617.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/politics/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-taxes/index.html Bernie and Jane Sanders earned nearly $206K in 2014, tax returns show, CNN, April 15, 2016]</ref> |