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Sanders is 84 years old. He has been a U.S. Senator since 2007, which means he has de facto been in the majority twice. Taxes on the rich fell both times. He d

Sanders is 84 years old. He has been a U.S. Senator since 2007, which means he has de facto been in the majority twice. Taxes on the rich fell both times. He doesn’t put forward serious ideas. He makes headlines to sell books, the source of his millions in personal wealth.

mrkeen 5mo ago
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-introduces-bill-to-combat-legalized-tax-dodging-for-corporations/ https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-introduces-bill-to-com...
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
  These are called messaging bills if one never caucuses to get it passed.
  - mrkeen 5mo ago
    Yes, I too dislike Sanders because others don't vote for his bills.
    - JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
      > because others don't vote for his bills Not how politics works! He puts zero effort into making them passable, or pushing to get them included into omnibuses. He’s there to placate and sell books. If what you want is an influencer in the Senate, he’s your guy.
      - phs318u 5mo ago
        > He puts zero effort into making them passable You mean watering them down so they’re next to useless and full of carved out exceptions for paying “friends”?
      - sometimelurker 5mo ago
        isn't a method used by smaller groups with less popular ideas to try to shift the overton window in their favor? if that's the case with Sanders then his goal wouldn't be to make his bills passable, it would be to shift the conversation to something like "hey maybe a sovereign wealth fund isn't a bad idea"
cyanydeez 5mo ago
then he's really bad at making money: https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/bernie-sanders/net-worth?cid=N00000528 https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/bernie-sanders... What a dump asstake.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
  By 2019 it was more than a million [1] and by 2024 over $3 million [2]. To be clear, I make no allegations of corruption. Just that he’s pushed zero policy that aligns with his purported views in the way he’s pushed his book sales. [1] https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/24/bernie-sanders-millionaires-226982/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/24/bernie-sa... [2] https://celebswealths.com/bernie-sanders-net-worth/ https://celebswealths.com/bernie-sanders-net-worth/
apothegm 5mo ago
Being in he majority party doesn’t mean he can force the rest of the party to line up behind him. And even if he could, in 2021-24, the Republican filibuster stonewalled absolutely anything interesting that the Democrats wanted to do anyway.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
  > Being in he majority party doesn’t mean he can force the rest of the party to line up behind him In two decades in office he never found one moment to pull a Sinema/Manchin? > the Republican filibuster stonewalled absolutely anything interesting that the Democrats wanted to do anyway Taxes can be passed via budget reconciliation. The simple truth is policy has never been something Sanders has politically prioritized.

mrkeen 5mo ago

https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-introduces-bill-to-combat-legalized-tax-dodging-for-corporations/ https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-introduces-bill-to-com...

JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
These are called messaging bills if one never caucuses to get it passed.
- mrkeen 5mo ago
  Yes, I too dislike Sanders because others don't vote for his bills.
  - JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
    > because others don't vote for his bills Not how politics works! He puts zero effort into making them passable, or pushing to get them included into omnibuses. He’s there to placate and sell books. If what you want is an influencer in the Senate, he’s your guy.
    - phs318u 5mo ago
      > He puts zero effort into making them passable You mean watering them down so they’re next to useless and full of carved out exceptions for paying “friends”?
    - sometimelurker 5mo ago
      isn't a method used by smaller groups with less popular ideas to try to shift the overton window in their favor? if that's the case with Sanders then his goal wouldn't be to make his bills passable, it would be to shift the conversation to something like "hey maybe a sovereign wealth fund isn't a bad idea"

cyanydeez 5mo ago

then he's really bad at making money: https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/bernie-sanders/net-worth?cid=N00000528 https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/bernie-sanders... What a dump asstake.

JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
By 2019 it was more than a million [1] and by 2024 over $3 million [2]. To be clear, I make no allegations of corruption. Just that he’s pushed zero policy that aligns with his purported views in the way he’s pushed his book sales. [1] https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/24/bernie-sanders-millionaires-226982/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/24/bernie-sa... [2] https://celebswealths.com/bernie-sanders-net-worth/ https://celebswealths.com/bernie-sanders-net-worth/

apothegm 5mo ago

Being in he majority party doesn’t mean he can force the rest of the party to line up behind him. And even if he could, in 2021-24, the Republican filibuster stonewalled absolutely anything interesting that the Democrats wanted to do anyway.

JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
> Being in he majority party doesn’t mean he can force the rest of the party to line up behind him In two decades in office he never found one moment to pull a Sinema/Manchin? > the Republican filibuster stonewalled absolutely anything interesting that the Democrats wanted to do anyway Taxes can be passed via budget reconciliation. The simple truth is policy has never been something Sanders has politically prioritized.