Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) signs a copy of one of his books on April 13 in Warren, Mich. (Sean Proctor/for The Washington Post)ColumnistThe 1 percent, whom Bernie Sanders has spent so much of his career railing against, have a message for the senator from Vermont: Welcome to the club. According to 10 years of tax returns that Sanders finally released on Monday, he earned $566,000 last year and $1.15 million in 2017. Most of it — ironically enough — comes from the books he has written arguing for the merits of democratic socialism. Still, the topic of his personal wealth is one on which Sanders seems uncharacteristically defensive. Or those who, as Sanders did, cash in on sudden celebrity.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2019 22:19 UTC