Satire: Bernie Sanders' Campaign Accepts Bitcoin
United States senator Bernie Sanders, a Presidential hopeful as a candidate for the Democratic nomination up against Hillary Clinton and whose entire campaign funding comes predominantly from donations is now accepting bitcoin, perfectly coinciding with his image as a grassroots candidate. With about 2 million donors, 5.7 million contributions at an average of $27 to a total of $138.9 million, 99.98% of which are campaign donations, Bernie Sanders has the numbers to back his claim as a grass roots candidate. It’s only prudent on his part then, that he’s perfectly willing for his campaign....
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Bernie Sanders led an impressive campaign run mostly off of small donations, though he failed to help the poor. If he had invested that money in cryptocurrency, the world would be a much better place. Sanders’ campaign contributed to Google, Facebook and Verizon. Bernie Sanders, US presidential candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination and favorite of the poor and equality-centered, failed to defeat his rival Hillary Clinton, long painted as the Wall Street candidate. However, during the course of his campaign Sanders did amass a large sum in excess of $200 million, mostly from small....
Recently, Bitcoin investor and ex-American citizen Roger Ver issued a video challenge on Adam Kokesh’s Youtube channel to Bernie Sanders. In the challenge, Ver begins with a preamble on what he views as the immoral roots of paying taxes and goes on to explain why he believes in voluntaryism vs. socialism. The video concludes by Ver saying he will donate $100,000 USD worth of Bitcoin to the charity of Bernie Sanders’ choosing if he accepts a live and in-person 3-hour long debate with Adam Kokesh anywhere within the United States between now and the end of 2016. Ver has made headlines in....
Back in March Bitcoin.com reported on investor Roger Ver challenging the Vermont senator, Bernie Sanders to debate with Adam Kokesh. Ver had offered $100,000 to get Sanders to discuss Socialism Vs. Libertarianism with the Iraq war combat veteran turned peace activist. Now the stakes have been raised to $250,000 with one month for Sanders to accept. Will....
Socialist governments like to keep control of the entire economy in their hands by controlling the means of production, but Bernie doesn’t simply call himself a socialist, he is a self-proclaimed “democratic socialist”. When compared to his socialist peers from other countries, Bernie seems very center-left. Good for Main Street, Good for Bitcoin. As per Sanders, democratic socialism is not tied to any Marxist belief or the abolition of capitalism. Speaking at Georgetown University, he said: Sanders says he wants to implement modest socialist reforms like free tuition at public....
Roger Ver has offered US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders $100,000 in the form of a bitcoin donation he'll make in his name to a charity if he'll engage in a debate with Iraq War veteran and talk show host Adam Kokesh. The offer made in a video posted to Kokesh’s YouTube channel is in response to video posted by the Occupy Democrats in which Sanders talks about wealthy US citizens renouncing their citizenship. "Your policies are clearly intended to help," Ver, a bitcoin angel investor and advisor to wallet service Blockchain, said. "But it seems you don't....