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Bernie Sanders builds his entire political brand on one accusation: Americans with wealth are greedy.Then he climbs onto a $15,000-per-hour private jet and flies to the next rally.The Fighting Oligarchy tour has been running for more than a year. Federal Election Commission filings reviewed by Fox News Digital show Sanders' campaign committee spent over $550,000 on private jets in 2025 alone. The Center Square found that from January 2025 through March 2026, Friends of Bernie Sanders paid $562,117 for 11 private jet trips.His charter of choice is Ventura Jets, a company that markets itself to flyers who want reliability and a hassle-free experience.In April 2025, Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were photographed exiting a Bombardier Challenger after a short hop between Bakersfield and Sacramento. They walked off the jet, walked to the stage, and told the crowd that billionaires are destroying America.When Bret Baier asked about the optics, Sanders refused to apologize. "You think I'm gonna be sitting on a waiting line at United while 30,000 people are waiting?" he told Fox News.Apparently waiting in line is for the rest of us.Sanders owns three houses, a Vermont primary residence, a Washington townhouse, and a $575,000 lake vacation property in North Hero, Vermont. He has been a frequent guest at Two Bunch Palms, a gated luxury spa resort in California. His net worth runs somewhere between $1.15 million and $3 million.Here is what the meme captures.In March 2026, Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act. It would impose a 5 percent annual tax on wealth, not income. The Tax Foundation calls that the economic equivalent of a 100 percent tax on investment returns.Sanders calls American success greedy. Then he demands the government seize what successful Americans have built. He is greedy for power. He is greedy for revenue.Greed is greed. It does not become a virtue because it wears a Senate pin.