Rags to Riches: An American Story

                       

                    Rags to Riches: An American Story


Bernie Sanders’ net worth is estimated to be around $2 million as of 2017. That is not from his meticulously saving his paychecks in his youth.

Sanders didn’t collect a steady paycheck before being elected to office as mayor of Burlington, Vt., in 1981. After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1964, with a BA in political science, Sanders did work a series of odd jobs before his political career began. Some of the positions he held include an aide at a psychiatric hospital, a freelance writer, a preschool teacher, and a carpenter. The Sanders campaign did not respond when asked if any of these jobs were considered full-time positions.

In 1974, Sanders did run for political office while collecting unemployment benefits.

Sanders was the primary sponsor of seven pieces of legislation that were enacted, according to records:

H.J.Res. 132 (102nd): To designate March 4, 1991, as "Vermont Bicentennial Day."

H.R. 1353 (102nd): Entitled the "Taconic Mountains Protection Act of 1991."

H.J.Res. 129 (104th): Granting the consent of Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact.

H.R. 5245 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Marble Street in Fair Haven, Vermont, as the "Matthew Lyon Post Office Building."

S. 893 (113th): Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013.

S. 2782 (113th): A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to improve the Federal charter for the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.

S. 885 (113th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park Street in Danville, Vermont, as the "Thaddeus Stevens Post Office."

It has always been said that one of the merits of this country is that anyone can grow up and run for President. In this instance, just anyone has.