Posted on 08/09/2016 12:03:00 PM PDT by TigerClaws
After losing to Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders is back to his day job as a US Senator for Vermont.
Sanders campaigned against the 1%, promising to bring America closer to his Democratic Socialist ideal and to take corporations and rich people down a peg or two.But now that his campaign is over, he’s picking up a sweet new pad.
According to Seven Days, a news publication in Vermont, the Democratic Socialist from Vermont shelled out 600 grand for a lake house.
The Burlington resident last week plopped down nearly $600,000 on a camp in North Hero.
Sanders’ new waterfront crib has four bedrooms and 500 feet of Lake Champlain beachfront on the east side of the island — facing Vermont, not New York. The Bern will keep his home in Burlington and use the new camp seasonally.
“We’ve traveled up to the islands many times over the years — almost always on day trips,” Sanders’ wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, told Seven Days in a written statement. “We’ve been impressed with the North Hero community, eaten at the North Hero House and Shore Acres and have suggested them to friends who were looking for a beautiful place to stay or have dinner. St. Anne’s Shrine in Isle La Motte is my favorite church and it is nearby.”
Twitter was swift to respond to the irony:
And we thought all he got was the plane. Bernie's a damn capitalist after all!
That Clinton Foundation money comes in so handy.
Capitalism is a Marxist word. Bernie is just being one.
Bernie invested his payoff from the DNC in real estate. Smart move.
Absolutely. Socialist tyranny always has the ruling class living high off everyone else’s money and miserable slavery.
Capitalism - The rich become powerful
Socialism - The powerful become rich
Looks like Hillary’s check cleared.
Wonder what Berniebots will make of this?
Nice dacha comrade!
I wonder how much he received?
Does he still get the plane?
Now, who knows?
My house is worth more than that and it ain’t much!
Not familiar with the area, but in most high profile tourist areas, $600 grand buys you a lakefront porta potty.
They sold her parents’ Maine summer home and bought this. I have no problems with it. Guy is an honest socialist. Socialism doesn’t work. Maybe one day he will figure it out but at least he’s no crooked Hillary.
I guess Billionaires CAN buy Bernie...
Does the Dacha come with a mistress?
Pray America wakes
I remember seeing that he had $9 MILLION left in his campaign fund when his campaign ended. He gets to keep that. I always suspected that Clinton would raise about $1 BILLION or more, then announce she is having a “health issue” or “family crisis” she’d withdraw, and pocket the $1 BILLION.
Since Bernie is a socialist he ought to be willing to share his new digs with us Freepers.
"Come and keep your Comrade warm."
That’s his second home (summer home).
Bernie sold his soul for gold!
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