Bernie

NY Times: Bernie Sanders: I Know Where I Came From. Does President Trump? My political agenda has been shaped by my family’s experiences of struggling to make ends meet. By Bernie Sanders - Mr. Sanders is a senator from Vermont and a Democratic candidate for president.

My father came to this country from Poland at the age of 17 with barely a nickel in his pocket. I spent my first 18 years, before I left home for college, in a three-and-a-half-room, rent-controlled apartment in Brooklyn. My mother’s dream was to own her own home, but we never came close. My father’s salary as a paint salesman paid for basic necessities, but never much more.