The Vermont senator and presidential candidate has greatly profited off book proceeds over the last several years.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Bernie Sanders grew up in a three-and-a-half room rent-controlled apartment in Brooklyn. His father, a paint salesman,"worked hard his entire life, but never made much money." In the 1970s, as a young candidate in Vermont, he borrowed gas money from friends to campaign in his Volkswagen bug. The windshield wipers didn't work. He struggled to pay bills. In 1981, after his inauguration as mayor of Burlington, he bought his first suit.
“These tax returns show that our family has been fortunate," Sanders said in a statement on Monday."I am very grateful for that, as I grew up in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck and I know the stress of economic insecurity. That is why I strive every day to ensure every American has the basic necessities of life, including a livable wage, decent housing, health care and retirement security.
Sanders has resisted questions about his tax returns since his 2016 campaign, even as he criticized Trump for withholding his own from the public. "I didn't know that it was a crime to write a good book. My view has always been that we need a progressive tax system which demands that the wealthiest people in this country finally start sharing their fair share in taxes. If I make a lot of money, you make a lot of money."
The subject was also at the heart of a public rift between the Sanders campaign and a prominent Washington-based liberal think, the Center for American Progress, which runs the left-leaning news outlet, ThinkProgress.
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