Billionaires: The Real Struggle of Wealth

Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders

Let me applaud the billionaire class for organizing a “March for Billionaires” rally on Saturday in San Francisco.

It’s about time billionaires demonstrated to the world the kinds of pain and suffering they’re facing. Ordinary people just don’t get it.

You probably think it’s easy to own, say, $200 billion in wealth? Well, you’re wrong. It’s not easy. Let me give you just a few examples of the incredible problems facing multibillionaires.

Let’s say that you’re Jeff Bezos, who owns at least a dozen mansions, ranches and penthouse apartments around the world. Do you have any idea as to how difficult it is to find reliable help to staff those homes? You need house cleaners, chefs, gardeners, swimming pool maintenance, etc. etc. — just to name a few. Good help is not easy to find nowadays. Just ask Jeff. And then on top of all that, you have to find someone to run your newspaper, the Washington Post, after you’ve just laid off 30% of the