"That’s because Sanders' biggest source of fundraising support comes from the retired or unemployed, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission, as reported by Bloomberg.
$16 million of the $73 million the candidate raised in 2015 came from individual donors who said they were without jobs, according to the report.
This group of people has good reason to support the Vermont Senator. He is proposing to expand Social Security, to the tune of $65 more per month on average, financed by raising payroll taxes on wealthy wage earnings. He’s also vowed to get the unemployed working again through a $1 trillion infrastructure plan the campaign says will create 13 million “good-paying” jobs."
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bernie-sanders-has-raised-dollar16-million-from-the-unemployed/ar-BBpHvIn?ocid=spartanntp
Thanks for telling me this. I am going to retire and take Social Security in a few years. It doesn't cost me anything to vote. I might as well vote for the guy who is going to pay me $65/month to vote for him. Unless someone else comes along and offers me a better deal.
And people think capitalism is all about self interest.
