Bernie Sanders Slams Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg's Fortunes: Critics Question His Own $2.5M Net Worth

Bernie Sanders Slams Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg's Fortunes: Critics Question His Own $2.5M Net Worth

Bernie Sanders has set the fortunes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg against a federal minimum wage that has not moved since 2009, and the replies turned the question back on the senator's own estimated $2.5M (£1.9M). His post puts Musk at $719B (£541B) today against $2B (£1.5B) in 2012, and closes on one word: 'Obscene.' The comparison landed at a moment when every part of it can be checked. The wealth lines come from a public rank…

Bernie Sanders Slams Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Over $37.6B In Buybacks While Workers Collect Medicaid And SNAP

Senator Bernie Sanders has renewed his public attack on corporate America, this time targeting Walmart (NYSE: WMT), the largest private sector employer in the United States. Sanders posted to X on July 23, accusing Walmart of executing $37.6 billion in stock buybacks since 2020, while many of its employees depend on taxpayer-funded assistance programs. The Vermont senator argued that the buyback figure was large enough to have instead provided e…