Bernard Madoff, the heartless con man who lived the gilded life by ripping off investors in a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, says he’s “not a great fan of redistribution of wealth.”  The scam artist engineered a massive transfer of assets, duping thousands of people to part with their hard-earned money, which he took for himself.  Yet, in a jailhouse interview with Politico, he gave a thumbs down to Mayor de Blasio’s policies.  “I’m not a great fan of redistribution of wealth,” he said.  The outrageous line riled investors who lost everything to the mastermind of the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.  RELATED: FORMER MADOFF SECRETARY TESTIFIES ABOUT ‘HERO’ BOSS  “I wish he felt that way 25 years ago when he was busy redistributing my parents’ very modest wealth to himself and others,” stormed Abby Frucht, 56, whose mother and father were ruined in 2008 when Madoff’s house of cards collapsed  Investor Angelo Viola of Staten Island could barely contain himself.  RELATED: EX-MADOFF EXEC SAYS BERNIE CONNED HIM, TOO  “Tell him to redistribute my money back to me,” the 84-year-old growled. “I don’t want more than that. I just want whatever he owes me.”  Madoff, 75, pleaded guilty in 2009 and was sentenced to 150 years in federal prison.  RELATED: PONZI STAFFERS SET TO SAY THEY GOT BERNIED BY MADOFF  When Madoff was living large with a $10 million Manhattan duplex, a 55-foot yacht and a private jet, he was a registered Democrat who plied Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer, then-New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and Hillary Clinton with contributions.  He also voted for President Obama in 2008, he told Politico.  RELATED: MADOFF’S SECRETARY: WHAT'S A PONZI SCHEME?  But now Madoff considers himself an independent and is “terribly disappointed” in Obama because “his policies are too socialist.”  As for Clinton, he said, “I certainly wasn’t impressed with her as secretary of state.”  RELATED: BERNIE MADOFF LIES ABOUT WALL STREET FRAUD IN VIDEOS  He had equal disdain for de Blasio, who ran on a platform that called for raising taxes on the rich and reducing the gap between the haves and have-nots.  Sheila Ennis, 68, whose family saw their savings evaporate, stood up for the President: “Who is he to attack Barack Obama and who would listen?” she said.  RELATED: JURY TO BEGIN DELIBERATING IN BERNIE MADOFF AIDES TRIAL  And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did not go unscathed. Referring to Bridgegate, Madoff said, “It looks like a circus.”  Madoff refused to take responsibility for the damage he wreaked on investors who trusted him as a member of the Jewish community. “I don’t feel that I betrayed the Jews, I betrayed people,” Madoff said.  RELATED: STRUGGLING YESHIVA UNIVERSITY SELLS TEN BUILDINGS  He bragged about his comfortable life at his bucolic North Carolina lockup and, showing more mind-boggling chutzpah, shared investment advice.  “I certainly wouldn’t invest in the stock market,” he said.
It’s a tale of the 1% city for Bernie Madoff. The convicted swindler, cooling his heels in a North Carolina federal prison camp, is no fan of the progressive financial policies and vision touted by Mayor de Blasio.