[WBrad]

Bernie Sanders is a millionaire who will absolutely raise his own tax rate for the good of the country.

[usefulcat]

Another way to interpret that is that he values getting elected to the presidency more than the cost of any tax hike he might sign into law as president.

[WBrad]

He's been pretty consistent in those values for quite a long time before running for president. So I doubt that's why he holds those values specifically to become president.