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8 Sep, 1941

Bernie Sanders born in Brooklyn, NY

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Bernie Sanders is born in Brooklyn, New York to Eli Sanders and Dorothy Glassberg. His father is a Jewish immigrant from Poland, who works most of his life as a paint salesman.

Growing up without lots of money. I didn’t have to have a book to tell me how a family gets by when there is not a lot of money. I saw unfairness. That was the major inspiration in my politics.