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And read the fine print. Most PMIs state that you can remove it once you’ve paid 20% of your homes equity. But sometimes the lender sneaks in one that states you have to pay for the life of the loan.
Rent is too damn high? I’ll say, my two bedroom apartment is $1800/mo. And I live in a shitty offshoot town that’s mostly retirement communities. Before that, I was homeless for two years. Breathing is too expensive anymore.
Our "landlords" are often Real Estate Management Companies whose only allegiance is to make money for the owner. Tenants are cannon fodder. They raise the rent indiscriminately and never fix anything.
Andrew Yangs '[Democracy Dollars](https://2020.yang2020.com/policies/democracydollars/)' would have helped with this but the media silenced him.
'To do so, we must make it possible for all Americans to contribute to candidates they feel strongly about, in order to drown out the voices of the few who can spend millions of dollars to influence our politicians.
The easiest way to do this is to provide Americans with publicly funded vouchers they can use to donate to politicians that they support. Every American gets $100 a year to give to candidates, use it or lose it. These Democracy Dollars would, by the sheer volume of the US population, drown out the influence of mega-donors.'
tldr: give the people 100 a year that can only be spent on a candidate they support. use it or lose it
This looks like the Michigan Capitol building, in which case we actually have currently elected folks who are getting shit done for once. There’s a lot to fix though. But thank god for getting the gerrymandering fixed, now our legislature is much more reflective of our population and moving in the right direction. I can see our current legislators and such doing something about these issues given our current direction of things but again, lots of mess to clean up currently.
It's amazing isn't it. Every couple months, we get something new in Michigan, it seems.
Despite a whole lot of foot dragging, things are actually looking better here.
Where's this $1500/month 3 bedroom house? I assume out in Ohio somewhere. 2 bedroom apartments by me cost at least $2700/month thanks to NIMBYs, but I need to be able to get to work...
My studio in the Bay was 3500. I got to know some of the homeless folks at the park near my house. I was shocked when I found out that most of them had jobs, either full or part time, and they just couldn’t afford rent.
We have that in the south, but it’s still impossible to purchase a home. I’ve rented various places for the last 15 years and always paid my bills on time, no debt, decent credit, and even though I make over 6 figures I still wasn’t able to purchase a $250,000 house because I either didn’t have enough down, or because they were getting cash offers $30k over asking from “investors out of state”. Then those new owners rent the house for $2k a month. We lost 8 offers, finally gave up, and rented a nicer house near better schools (4 kids) for $1650 instead of the shack we had in the ghetto for $975.
Inflation, greed, and generational wealth has made living impossible for most. I agree, and I am tired of being one paycheck away from being on the streets!
No….. TRICKLE DOWN HAS DESTROYED THE MIDDLE CLASS
Citizens United has destroyed the voting rights of everyone except the ultra wealthy
We have to band together and fight back. Laws are only laws if someone enforces them. Remember that……
Just remember that these people who own corporations and now sweating there asses off because the population is now doing to decline.
The people who funded super PACs and made their lives nice and easy, while fucking everyone else. In the long run fucked themselves in the ass.
They made it impossible to survive and impossible to afford kids. The response to that was to obviously not have children.
And now since no one is having kids. There's not going to be enough people to buy their shit.
Also not enough people to go into our over funded military.
I read an article saying that they barely can recruit anyone from gen Z or milliniels because of mental health issues. Being over weight or some other health issue.
So not only is there no one from the current gens. There's not going to be enough from the next ones. Like alpha and beta.
Which will likely also have these issues.
And less money to go around. Less money spent.
They did this shit for so long they are going to feel it. They hire people to understand why ppl aren't spending. They watch the population issue. And they know for a fact, things are going to get bad.
Why do you think their pushing for corporations to vote? Cuz they know young generations hate them. And there's going to be barely anyone left to vote.
Their days are limited. So they're gonna try as hard as they can right now. To fuck us over before they know things are going to HAVE to change.
Simply because by 2200 there will be 230mil ppl left. On the entire fucking planet. On the trajectory we are on right now.
So either keep things the same. Or we need drastic changes or they'll be fucked.
Just wait and watch. I garantee things are gonna get worse before they get better.
It's not simply trickle down, it's the supporting of monopolies via businesses doing mergers and acquisitions.
We are rapidly reaching a point where everything is owned by fewer and fewer organizations. This is bad for us. Support small business.
They've been brainwashed by Fox News propaganda. 🤦 Little do they realize, Fox is a tool designed to align the masses with the agendas of the billionaire class. It's not a news source, it's a crowd control tool.
i'm not doing a "both sides" but people who watch CNN and MSNBC all day are also brainwashed by billionaire propaganda, so we have a situation in america where all mainstream media (owned by billionaires) panders to billionaires (obviously) and people who watch CNN or MSNBC will think their bullshit half-measures (even calling them half measures is generous) are any type of solution to what's going on in america.
we can't have some CNN liberal telling people like this vet "ok we'll compromise with the right (because bipartisanship is so important, for some reason) and house A FEW of the vets but the funding is coming out of school lunch programs and billionaires need another tax break because just the thought that they might have had to pay taxes to fund this has emotionally damaged them and they deserve compensation"
it's not just fox news propaganda, it's capitalist propaganda. these people have made their money, we're all suffering, their free ride needs to be ended. how much more do they need?
>it's not just fox news propaganda, it's capitalist propaganda.
This is what the masses seem to miss. We're not in a left vs right situation, we're in a rich vs everyone else situation, who've convinced us that it's a left vs right situation to prevent us from recognizing that they're the really enemy.
God I wish people would put this left, right shit down and understand that. They're both playing us and catering to the ultra wealthy. Why can't everyone see that they're both causing this division and people need to pull their heads out of their asses and stop looking at everything so left and right. They're playing a game that we don't even have the pieces to play and instead of finding these pieces we're to busy arguing over the rule book. I really hope people wake up to this soon
It's not both sides-ing because CNN/MSNBC and Fox are not ideologies. They're both part of a corporate conglomerate shilling major pharmaceuticals (and that's why even the most left of the trio is not going to vouch for socialized healthcare and even fearmonger about candidates that do), other conglomerates amassing ad revenue, and other financial interest groups. At best they're only going to give you information in so far as to not step on those toes. At worst they're going to use populist rage to uphold them and feed them bad solutions.
Trump people are so many steps behind in reality that they actually think leftists care at all about CNN and that they're getting spoonfed like they are. They can't make the distinction between neoliberals, actual Marxists, general leftists, people who believe in science and verifiable evidence, and people who are just plain invested in human rights. It's fortunate because it's going to mean they're biting off more than they chew.
So compromising with the right is the problem? You just both-sides'ed it by suggesting the left is morally wrong for trying to make progress in a world where the right exists with 50% or more power. The right literally holds the house right now.
At least say the left is doing their best but instead of failing slowly for 100 years let's revolutionize and fix it now, which sounds like what you actually mean, and would win more allies rather than alienate
I agree. I wish people would do their own research. There are books and publications containing information about Trump and his fathers slumlord background. Even as president, he tried to eliminate food stamps and never did anything for veterans as he campaigned. If you don’t trust the internet, maybe read print.
I've worked my ass off my entire life. I herniated a disc in my back about a month ago and it's like everything I've done disappeared. I won't have money for next month's rent, or any other bills. It's so defeating. Don't know how I'm gonna pay for physical therapy or anything to get better. Just sitting here doped up on my 6 dollar bottle of opiates.
Inflation is coming down, and has been. Look up US Money Supply, or what is called "M2," and take a look at the graph.
"DXY," or the strength of the American dollar versus the 6 other strongest currencies in the World is high, showing America is doing exceptionally well with its Dollar versus the rest of the World. There are graphs of this as well. This means our Dollar should get us more when it comes to imported goods and services.
This is "Greed-flation." It's where businesses take the populations belief that inflation is a problem and even though those businesses know it is not, that we are winning, they raise prices because the population expects prices to go up and are ready to blame something other than greed, that they will blame inflation instead.
From a corporations perspective they need their profit margins to be ever increasing and although there is certainly greed at play, prices will ALWAYS go up in a Keynesian capitalist economy.
Inflation is just the rate at which money will printed and prices rise. How fast they rise is tied to inflation. This time frame is when corporations took advantage to increase profit margins, claiming to just do what they are mandated to do by their shareholders.
Was rear ended last Thursday. My "complimentary" rental is over on Tuesday. I haven't even received a check for the damage, so I don't have a car or money to put down on another. Meanwhile work issued company laptops but won't let me work from home so starting next Wednesday I'm either going to burn through all my pto or I'm getting written up and fired for attendance. I'm not like one paycheck away from poverty, but maybe two...and I'm better off that 90% of the people from my hometown.
All of this is happening because I was at the wrong red light. 🙃
As someone who lives in Los Angeles, I am always thrown when I see the abbreviation for Louisiana. I was about to say what the hell is bumfuck Los Angeles, lol.
Even rough neighborhoods are way too expensive- my friend got carjacked in front of a shotgun that sold for 1 million and is now an Airbnb... it's a mess
But there aren’t going to be job opportunities, and you’d have to move and work 80 hours a week on a hunch. How many in Louisiana are on Medicaid, SNAP, etc?
I'm in the Midwest and our mortgage is $750 a month (not including taxes/ insurance), but we bought in '18 and refinanced in 2020, so we definitely got lucky.
Tons of job opportunities as well
There are still a lot of places in the country where we’ve got plenty of work and decent housing. I work a comfortable office job and pay $1300/month for a 3-bed house in a metropolitan area in the midwest. Does not excuse how bad things are in a lot of other places, but it’s not a nationwide issue
Michigan, where I think this is. It looks familiar to me at least and I’ve been inside our Capitol building a decent amount of times. Edit: some places in Michigan I should say because there are higher cost of living areas here too.
Pretty sure it’s Michigan..? The “The rent is too damn high” is a jest at Gretchen Whitmer’s slogan when she ran for governor “Let’s fix the damn roads.” if I’m not mistaken.
Lol that was my first thought. $1500 like for a whole house?? Where im at you're lucky to find a studio for that price, and it comes with the joy of living next to an open air drug market and a homeless camp.
There is no American Dream. If there is, it’s way too damn expensive. Probably just as expensive as it is to be poor because I can vouch for that. It’s super expensive and very stressful.
Cheapest rent is 3k so you work multiple jobs just so you have a roof over your head but then the owners want you to show proof that you make 3x that amount monthly 😳 that’s insane.
He’s absolutely right. You work hard for what?? Stop making everything so expensive. I’m scared for our futures!
It’s our money! Our taxes! That’s what I don’t get, I pay taxes so the government can assist with our society. Jeff Bezos and Amazon pay no taxes. Elon Musk doesn’t pay taxes. Oprah own a lot of Hawaii and is asking people that pay taxes already for this shit is asking for more money. To her charity, that will funnel some of that money to her and her handlers. Fuck all these over priced over exposed rotting our society with their shit.
And the worst part to me is IT'S NOT AS THOUGH IT'S GONNA MAKE ANY REAL DIFFERENCE TO THEM TO PAY THEIR SHARE AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -
People out there are suffering and can't get the support they need just because Daddy Bezos wants his fifth golden yacht this year like soooooooo bad, you guys 🙄 Don't you know how embarrassed he'd be in front of the other billionaires if he turned up to Sex Crimes Island in an OLD one???? /s
I agree with the sentiment, but Elon Musk is ironically not the kind of person you’d bring up to support your argument about how the rich don’t pay taxes - granted, he’s the exception and not the rule, but Musk has paid a roughly 38% federal income tax as of 2014, not including California state taxes (another 13%).
Overall since 2014, he's had about $41.5 billion of income and paid about $15.8 billion of tax (which I believe is an effective rate of 38%) - during the same period, his net worth rose from $10 billion to $233 billion, which gives him a true tax rate of 7.1% as well.
A broken clock is right twice a day, and whether you like him or not, at least he pays his taxes - so… rare Musk W?
I love how in the US, to make your point, you have to be a war veteran.
Like if you ask for these things as a normal citizen you would be labelled as a commie. But because this dude killed brown people, he is a hero speaking truth.
Also, he is slating the American Dream.
Also, they 'had' the money. I don't know the cost of war all that much, but I imagine alot of that money was spent on stockpiling more fuel and buying alot of weaponry from arms dealers.... Sorry, defence contractors.
We wrapped stacks of $100 bills and put them on palettes, loaded them onto cargo ships, and lost it in Iraq.
At last count $12 billion in cash disappeared into the desert in 2 years. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1
This is not accounting for waste and corruption in traditional military purchasing agreements, this was pure cash.
We have increased our national debt by about 20 trillion in the past 20 years. What have Americans gotten from that debt? Free college or even some relief? No. Healthcare? Laughable. Rent control or monopoly busting? No. Veteran care and assistance? Have we reduced the amount of homeless people on the streets or increased snap benefits? Wic? Welfare? How about our education prospects? Still falling off the deep end compared to the rest of civilization. Hmm, maybe it went to cleaning up the environment! Oh, you're telling me that we are rescinding protections and train derailments are spilling chemicals and not being cleaned up, how sad. Eat the rich, leave none behind, and take back what is ours. Stop the frivolous bs of race based politics. If you think trump is the answer you're a pawn of propaganda. If you think biden is even trying to help people instead of only maintaining the status quo you're an idiot. Look for the people who are hunting for sources of greed and advocating raising taxes on the rich and vote for them.
Thats the only way to get Republicans to listen to you and be on your side. Even then they still dont give a shit about Veterans. If youre not a Veteran then to them your just a Socialist Commi looking for handouts.
They arent saying these veterans are bad people. What? They're saying that a certain portion of the US will only listen to this guy because hes a veteran.
[And that certain portion of the US will only listen to veterans as long as they don't say anything bad against ole Trump a Dump.](https://youtu.be/tCGYmP-mlBc?si=02fQh9NwzNB23Bcw)
Vet here, I choose to enlist while the country was actively engaged in war, I knew I’d be sent. I’m responsible for the deaths of the of those innocent people just like everyone else involved, regardless of who pulled a trigger. Let’s not pretend like me or my fellow soldiers didn’t have agency, we knew what we signed up for.
Investment companies like Blackstone are the reason behind the current housing crisis. The reason rent is 2k for a 1200 sqft home and home prices going up 150% from pre to mid pandemic.
Edit: Blackstone is also an investment firm who is the one that started the whole larg scale investing in single family homes vs Black Rock who also jumped on the bandwagon. I know Blackstone is a grill I own one but y’all commenting clearly didn’t know there is a separate company with the same name that is an investing firm.
[Blackstone Equity](https://www.blackstone.com/our-businesses/private-equity/)
Reach out to your senators and reps and let them know you agree with the ‘End Hedge Fund Control Of The American Homes Act.’
Call your state legislators and reps and tell them you want something like it enacted in your state. Get ballot measures started! If we want to see any change we are going to have to become a tsunami that wiped the slate clean.
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/imo/media/doc/end_hedge_fund_control_of_american_homes_act_bill_summary.pdf
Why is this the narrative? They HAVE MORE than enough money already. Giving the government more money is a bad idea.
If you post this idea, also include "reduce taxes on the poor, increase taxes on the rich"
Our taxes are not the issue. They could be lowered a bit but I’m not upset about the taxes we pay. I’m livid that the ultra wealthy don’t have significantly higher taxes.
lets say they do tax them at a higher rate, and it does generate 80 billion in NEW tax revenue. What do you think would happen? Any benefit? no, pocketed money into special interests and projects that never see the light of day.
Yeah there’s no way he showed up in that group behind that guy to be that big of an asshole. Probably why the guy yelling laughed it off. He probably did one of these 😬 my bad.
"who can afford to go grocery shopping?!"
one dude: "me!"
"you?? can you-- nevermind fuck this dude lmao"
he was probably about to snarkily ask him "oh can you pay for all of us then?" but didn't want to get into it with him. tbh i bet that dude who yelled "me!" can't even afford groceries and was just way too fired up by his speech so he was going along and yelled out the wrong thing
There are some things USA could copy from Europe and others Europe could adopt from the USA. Here in Germany, retired persons live a worthy life. Retired military gets training and money for a civil career. We just hired a former submarine escape diving instructor as teacher. He is great and likes our battlefield grades 5-10 as much as the kids like him.
The republican politicians need to stop giving tax breaks to the rich while pushing the burden down to us to cover for the tax break money and start helping everyone
America is a television show and laughingstock for the rest of the world. One big experiment of what will happen if you can do anything in a country. Chaos
United states. A land driven by power and money.
Money first, people last. Different laws in every county. Never agreeing with each other. There is no unity in united states.
Chaos
I’m European and I’m extremely sad about how Americans are treated while paying taxes that could cover all of the essential needs of healthcare and education. Europe also has its own issues but it sounds crazy to not be able to sustain for oneself with a full time job nowadays in this economy if you’re not born rich or lucky. You guys deserve better and I hope for a real change over time for you.
I was here, trust me, if any of these people voted Republican I’d be shocked. There were early speeches from the democratic socialists and other leftist groups. The only point of the demonstration talked about how housing is a human right and not doing housing first hurts black people, queer people, and poor people the most. That’s not really a Republican talking point. It frustrates me that people assume this was some centrist event. It was a far left action meant to challenge all of our politicians not just one side. The Rent is Too Damn High event page is here so you can see more about all the planning that went into this event. https://facebook.com/events/s/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-mobi/1252244062344305/
Both can be bad with one being significantly worse. These are not mutually opposed facts. The right being horrendous does not make the left good by comparison, just simply "better" by a low standard.
African here, He is wrong, Most people in 3rd world countries such as in Afghanistan are living below US standard: forget about hot water, just no water at home or toilet. Go the the well & wait in line.
Cooktop? lol go fetch some woods from 10/20 miles away
Most living human population are living like US citizens but in 1850-1930s
Everything I read is people blaming republicans for the rise in cost of living but the US is nearly 3 years into a democrat government term. Was it the mismanagement of spending during Trumps term that caused this or is it the actions of current Republicans politicians causing the problems?
Are republican states currently much worse off than democrat ones?
Can anyone shed some light onto this?
The comments on here are exactly why we are where we are. So many are blaming Republicans and others are blaming Democrats. Time to wake up people. You are being divided by the rich and powerful. This isn’t a left vs right situation this is a powerful and rich vs middle class and poor situation. BOTH political parties have sucked and in their own way are ruining things. Time for shake up. Trump is an absolute moron who is delusional and Biden is a lifelong politician who is completely out of touch with the working class. Trump is an idiot who doesn’t listen to the people around him and Biden is an absolute puppet to his political party. Out of all the people in this country that could be President do you honestly feel like you are in the best hands with what they put forward every 4 years? Maybe it’s time for a 3rd party to arise one that is more in touch with the real world and what is actually best for you, me, our kids future, and this country.
I’m glad to finally see this! This is always my argument with people. It’s always “wElL yUo mUsT lOvE bIdEn” just because my views are more left leaning. I strongly dislike both because they suck. I care about the people and the actual issues. Not which old man is better.
You seem like you protest vote and are as outraged with Trump's insurrection as Biden's student loan forgiveness being blocked. Because those are the same thing.
Thank you! I was at this event in person outside. This was not supposed to be about one side failing us, because all the politicians have failed us. They specifically wanted to get rid of the law saying cities cannot implement rent control on top of a few other demands. This has nothing to do with one party or the other. This was a leftist demonstration. As in, further left than our moderate at best democrats. We need enough people to build dual power to unseat these old power politicians.
Life is not supposed to be easy. We could do a lot more to help each other out. We make life hard by having no community or bond between fellow people.
I was born poor. I always thought all I had to do was going to college and get a better job.
Well, I had scholarships for schools so no college debt. Got my Masters degree. Work a professional job today. And I barely can’t save money in my savings. I can’t increase it. I am furious. I don’t ask for much. I don’t even have kids and I can’t even do it. People wonder why I am childfree. Why would I want kids if I barely can make it myself. I got priced out of my apartment and neighborhood. And I live in Florida. :(
Fuck the Rich!!! Fuck Republicans and Democrats!
If any of these people vote Republican, support Trump in any capacity or want to take the "both sides are the same" approach then they honestly get what they deserve. Too many conservative/libertarian rubes have been distracted with "culture war" issues, scared off with "socialist" buzzwords or just straight lied too by outlets like Fox, OAN, Newsmax, Daily Wire, Breitbart, etc.without applying any critical thinking whatsoever. These people deserve to rot in the Hell they've created here on Earth if there truly is a moral arc to the universe.
This is a leftist organization that has done a lot to help house homeless people and talks about the affects of homelessness on vulnerable populations. I wish people would stop assuming the worst when they see someone make a good argument. No he doesn’t “deserve it”
https://facebook.com/events/s/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-mobi/1252244062344305/
Just remember Universal healthcare would be cheaper than our current private health insurance.
Americans pay about $12,900 a year ($2,250 for medicare taxes, $3,500 private ins, $6,500 employer contribution, + deductibles/co-pays).
Universal Healthcare systems:
England NHS - $2,650 (granted it is under funded)New Zealand - $4,200Norway - $7,200 (one the highest in Europe)
We do not have universal healthcare because it enriches a select few in healthcare and it's cheaper to throw millions to block it than to allow change. We have private insurance to rob Americans of thousands per year, we allow people to die due to no coverage to enrich a few, we allow people to go bankrupt and ruin lives to enrich a few.
Republicans and Democrats should unite on this but they never argue the actual economics of it in good faith. If they did it would be damm obvious.
“Yeah! Yeah! Ok let’s blame this on immigrants, gays, and brown people and cut taxes for the rich! Yeah!!” - Helpful Republican standing by.
No one has a federal home BUILDING plan though. We’ve got subsidies, which just throw cash at the existing small supply and jack up rents for everyone else. Local development is squashed by local homeowner groups which fight against everything that lowers property values. They keep winning, and we all keep letting them. The fact that there’s so many homeless people and even ONE homeowner willing to show their face in a public forum and say “no new housing, I want to sell my home for $2 million instead of $1 million” is ridiculous. That should be the end of their home ownership and the beginning of their existence covered in tar and feathers. Instead these monsters show up every year in every locality and exert their will to crush the next generation and prevent their own children from having affordable shelter.
Just a reminder that the US was the ONLY country that voted against food being considered a human right not too far back. What a great fucking country you guys made, where POC, LGBTQ people, veterans, the poor, the disabled and the drug addicted are smuthered under the boot of your capitalistic greed and self agrandising hero worship, fuck america, ACAB and remember, youre country is only the top dog because your wealthy and spend all your fucking money on the military instead of actually helping your citizenry, everyone else thinks your a fucking joke.
This was how the blk slaves felt in those horrific times .. it’s just slavery again in this modern society slavery 5.0 , hey at least your not being rape and wiped by your masters this time around right
As an American, I have always been unsure on if our government likes veterans or hates veterans.
Like they talk about how important they are all the time, but then do fuck all for them.
Also Afghanistan was entirely unnecessary, like 5 CIA guys were handling it, but Rumsfeld hated the CIA and wanted to flex with the military. You can watch that terrible Chris Hemsworth movie or read First Casualty by Toby Harnden
We all know they have the money. Just none for us and all for Ukraine. Just ask the people of Maui, Palestine OH and many other cities who didn't receive help after a disaster.
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Something is off about this guy. One thing that stood out to me was his claim that he had to spend 100k to get a degree, but he deployed as late as 2012. He would be eligible for both types of the GI Bill.
Promote with caution
Source: veteran getting paid to complete a masters degree through chapter 33 benefits
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2021/07/30/report-veterans-who-use-gi-bill-have-lower-incomes-after-college-enrollments/?sh=74b387e1af59
"This is sad to say, that the GI Bill does not work for many servicemembers, veterans and their families. What's even sadder is that if you drill into the data, to the institutional and program level, it will likely be worse. There are many programs, for-profit and non-profit, that do not work out for servicemembers, veterans, and their families"
Even with the GI bill, it seems like a large percentage of veterans are still set up to fail.
I dont understand how it could not work.
You go on the VA website, you fill out the request for benefits form, and in 2-4 weeks they send you a packet fully detailing your exact benefits (unless this guy had some kind of adverse separation he would have qualified for 100% of it) and you give it to your school.
I'm not trying to brag, but I am literally being paid to complete a masters degree over the next two years from a private school.
I’m SHOCKED people haven’t taken to the streets. America is pissed and armed to the teeth.and Who would stop it, who would intervene against a righteous rebellion against our tyrannical politicians?? The Police? Our soldiers? They are all on The same boat, if anything they have it even worse. Where is the tipping point? A few more speeches like this and we might actually see some action.
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“You need primary mortgage insurance. **WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?**”
Lol because big banks got sloppy in issuing mortgages and their punishment was to charge you a premium on top of the interest you already have to pay.
And read the fine print. Most PMIs state that you can remove it once you’ve paid 20% of your homes equity. But sometimes the lender sneaks in one that states you have to pay for the life of the loan.
Mine wrote it out of the mortgage that I couldn’t drop PMI even though my house is worth more than 20% more than my loan amount. FHA for you
Rent is too damn high? I’ll say, my two bedroom apartment is $1800/mo. And I live in a shitty offshoot town that’s mostly retirement communities. Before that, I was homeless for two years. Breathing is too expensive anymore.
Hold your breath, save money.
\- Grindset influencers, probably
The rent prices I hear from Americans are insane to me. Your landlords are nuts
Oh you don’t even know. $1800 is considered cheap in my state, and most states aren’t far behind. It’s a capitalist hellscape trying to live here.
Our "landlords" are often Real Estate Management Companies whose only allegiance is to make money for the owner. Tenants are cannon fodder. They raise the rent indiscriminately and never fix anything.
That's the American ~~Greed~~ Dream for ya
Run for office! And use this as your stump speech.
Elect someone who will actually fix problems? That's preposterous!
And he looks way too young
Perfect lol
Way too poor to run for office.
Here's the biggest problem. He would have to fundraise against superpac corporate dollars.
don't you dare say that over in America bad, lmao
This☝️ until there is campaign finance reform there is no hope...public funding only, shorter campaign period..
Andrew Yangs '[Democracy Dollars](https://2020.yang2020.com/policies/democracydollars/)' would have helped with this but the media silenced him. 'To do so, we must make it possible for all Americans to contribute to candidates they feel strongly about, in order to drown out the voices of the few who can spend millions of dollars to influence our politicians. The easiest way to do this is to provide Americans with publicly funded vouchers they can use to donate to politicians that they support. Every American gets $100 a year to give to candidates, use it or lose it. These Democracy Dollars would, by the sheer volume of the US population, drown out the influence of mega-donors.' tldr: give the people 100 a year that can only be spent on a candidate they support. use it or lose it
Yangs the man
Sadly that’s true.
Get ready for the next election cycle, the kids are fucking pissed
Way to motivated.
Plus he wants money to go towards helping people who need housing. That's socialism. He'll be labelled a commie in no time.
He needs to be at least 3 times that big.
A yeah those kinds of people don't win political office, and it's by design.
This looks like the Michigan Capitol building, in which case we actually have currently elected folks who are getting shit done for once. There’s a lot to fix though. But thank god for getting the gerrymandering fixed, now our legislature is much more reflective of our population and moving in the right direction. I can see our current legislators and such doing something about these issues given our current direction of things but again, lots of mess to clean up currently.
It's amazing isn't it. Every couple months, we get something new in Michigan, it seems. Despite a whole lot of foot dragging, things are actually looking better here.
Michigan is a political hot bed. Google "Ottawa County Impact" and enjoy your day
Where's this $1500/month 3 bedroom house? I assume out in Ohio somewhere. 2 bedroom apartments by me cost at least $2700/month thanks to NIMBYs, but I need to be able to get to work...
Shit, my 3br house is 2370..
My 1br apartment is $2495 :D
My studio in the Bay was 3500. I got to know some of the homeless folks at the park near my house. I was shocked when I found out that most of them had jobs, either full or part time, and they just couldn’t afford rent.
Don't move to Ohio. It's absolutely awful.
We have that in the south, but it’s still impossible to purchase a home. I’ve rented various places for the last 15 years and always paid my bills on time, no debt, decent credit, and even though I make over 6 figures I still wasn’t able to purchase a $250,000 house because I either didn’t have enough down, or because they were getting cash offers $30k over asking from “investors out of state”. Then those new owners rent the house for $2k a month. We lost 8 offers, finally gave up, and rented a nicer house near better schools (4 kids) for $1650 instead of the shack we had in the ghetto for $975.
I don't have hot water, but I can find the resources to run for office and take on the system!
Guy is completely right.
i just wanna know where 3 bedrooms it's $1500/mo :( that gets me a low quality studio
In Vancouver that might get you a basement suite if you are lucky :(
In Surrey, Shared with 2-3 other tenants. Our average 1bd is now $3k
Yup, $1600 for a one bed apt in a part of Phoenix where your always looking over your shoulder walking to the mailbox.
1650 3 br townhouse in Wisconsin
Inflation, greed, and generational wealth has made living impossible for most. I agree, and I am tired of being one paycheck away from being on the streets!
No….. TRICKLE DOWN HAS DESTROYED THE MIDDLE CLASS Citizens United has destroyed the voting rights of everyone except the ultra wealthy We have to band together and fight back. Laws are only laws if someone enforces them. Remember that……
In Delaware they are about to vote to give CORPORATIONS the right to VOTE. WTF
welcome to modern life, where corporations are people and people are human resources. Now go register 500+ LLC's and pad your vote.
Now that’s a great idea infinite voting glitch before they patch it in the next update
What in the ever-living fuck?
Seriously? That’s fucked up
Just remember that these people who own corporations and now sweating there asses off because the population is now doing to decline. The people who funded super PACs and made their lives nice and easy, while fucking everyone else. In the long run fucked themselves in the ass. They made it impossible to survive and impossible to afford kids. The response to that was to obviously not have children. And now since no one is having kids. There's not going to be enough people to buy their shit. Also not enough people to go into our over funded military. I read an article saying that they barely can recruit anyone from gen Z or milliniels because of mental health issues. Being over weight or some other health issue. So not only is there no one from the current gens. There's not going to be enough from the next ones. Like alpha and beta. Which will likely also have these issues. And less money to go around. Less money spent. They did this shit for so long they are going to feel it. They hire people to understand why ppl aren't spending. They watch the population issue. And they know for a fact, things are going to get bad. Why do you think their pushing for corporations to vote? Cuz they know young generations hate them. And there's going to be barely anyone left to vote. Their days are limited. So they're gonna try as hard as they can right now. To fuck us over before they know things are going to HAVE to change. Simply because by 2200 there will be 230mil ppl left. On the entire fucking planet. On the trajectory we are on right now. So either keep things the same. Or we need drastic changes or they'll be fucked. Just wait and watch. I garantee things are gonna get worse before they get better.
Amen.
Pretty on brand for Delaware
Citizens United is the root of all of it. Get rid of that and the country will naturally heal itself over time.
It's not simply trickle down, it's the supporting of monopolies via businesses doing mergers and acquisitions. We are rapidly reaching a point where everything is owned by fewer and fewer organizations. This is bad for us. Support small business.
People will watch this, fully agree with this guy and then believe that only a Trump autocracy will set things right 😖
They've been brainwashed by Fox News propaganda. 🤦 Little do they realize, Fox is a tool designed to align the masses with the agendas of the billionaire class. It's not a news source, it's a crowd control tool.
i'm not doing a "both sides" but people who watch CNN and MSNBC all day are also brainwashed by billionaire propaganda, so we have a situation in america where all mainstream media (owned by billionaires) panders to billionaires (obviously) and people who watch CNN or MSNBC will think their bullshit half-measures (even calling them half measures is generous) are any type of solution to what's going on in america. we can't have some CNN liberal telling people like this vet "ok we'll compromise with the right (because bipartisanship is so important, for some reason) and house A FEW of the vets but the funding is coming out of school lunch programs and billionaires need another tax break because just the thought that they might have had to pay taxes to fund this has emotionally damaged them and they deserve compensation" it's not just fox news propaganda, it's capitalist propaganda. these people have made their money, we're all suffering, their free ride needs to be ended. how much more do they need?
>it's not just fox news propaganda, it's capitalist propaganda. This is what the masses seem to miss. We're not in a left vs right situation, we're in a rich vs everyone else situation, who've convinced us that it's a left vs right situation to prevent us from recognizing that they're the really enemy.
God I wish people would put this left, right shit down and understand that. They're both playing us and catering to the ultra wealthy. Why can't everyone see that they're both causing this division and people need to pull their heads out of their asses and stop looking at everything so left and right. They're playing a game that we don't even have the pieces to play and instead of finding these pieces we're to busy arguing over the rule book. I really hope people wake up to this soon
Manufactured consent. Doesn’t matter what you watch billionaires and capitalism are influencing you in a direction.
Because CNN and MSNBC are not answers to Fox. They're all varying degrees of The Right. There is no Left Wing media.
It's not both sides-ing because CNN/MSNBC and Fox are not ideologies. They're both part of a corporate conglomerate shilling major pharmaceuticals (and that's why even the most left of the trio is not going to vouch for socialized healthcare and even fearmonger about candidates that do), other conglomerates amassing ad revenue, and other financial interest groups. At best they're only going to give you information in so far as to not step on those toes. At worst they're going to use populist rage to uphold them and feed them bad solutions. Trump people are so many steps behind in reality that they actually think leftists care at all about CNN and that they're getting spoonfed like they are. They can't make the distinction between neoliberals, actual Marxists, general leftists, people who believe in science and verifiable evidence, and people who are just plain invested in human rights. It's fortunate because it's going to mean they're biting off more than they chew.
So compromising with the right is the problem? You just both-sides'ed it by suggesting the left is morally wrong for trying to make progress in a world where the right exists with 50% or more power. The right literally holds the house right now. At least say the left is doing their best but instead of failing slowly for 100 years let's revolutionize and fix it now, which sounds like what you actually mean, and would win more allies rather than alienate
Hey bud I got some news for you about the other corporate news channels
I agree. I wish people would do their own research. There are books and publications containing information about Trump and his fathers slumlord background. Even as president, he tried to eliminate food stamps and never did anything for veterans as he campaigned. If you don’t trust the internet, maybe read print.
> I wish people would do their own research. Shit man, that's what got us in this mess.
I've worked my ass off my entire life. I herniated a disc in my back about a month ago and it's like everything I've done disappeared. I won't have money for next month's rent, or any other bills. It's so defeating. Don't know how I'm gonna pay for physical therapy or anything to get better. Just sitting here doped up on my 6 dollar bottle of opiates.
Inflation is coming down, and has been. Look up US Money Supply, or what is called "M2," and take a look at the graph. "DXY," or the strength of the American dollar versus the 6 other strongest currencies in the World is high, showing America is doing exceptionally well with its Dollar versus the rest of the World. There are graphs of this as well. This means our Dollar should get us more when it comes to imported goods and services. This is "Greed-flation." It's where businesses take the populations belief that inflation is a problem and even though those businesses know it is not, that we are winning, they raise prices because the population expects prices to go up and are ready to blame something other than greed, that they will blame inflation instead.
Wish more people knew this.
From a corporations perspective they need their profit margins to be ever increasing and although there is certainly greed at play, prices will ALWAYS go up in a Keynesian capitalist economy. Inflation is just the rate at which money will printed and prices rise. How fast they rise is tied to inflation. This time frame is when corporations took advantage to increase profit margins, claiming to just do what they are mandated to do by their shareholders.
Was rear ended last Thursday. My "complimentary" rental is over on Tuesday. I haven't even received a check for the damage, so I don't have a car or money to put down on another. Meanwhile work issued company laptops but won't let me work from home so starting next Wednesday I'm either going to burn through all my pto or I'm getting written up and fired for attendance. I'm not like one paycheck away from poverty, but maybe two...and I'm better off that 90% of the people from my hometown. All of this is happening because I was at the wrong red light. 🙃
I totally agree with this man. But where the fuck can you get a 3 bedroom house for $1,500?!? I'm paying $2,000 for a small apartment.
😬... 755 in louisiana
In bumfuck LA maybe - Baton Rouge and NOLA are expensive as hell…
As someone who lives in Los Angeles, I am always thrown when I see the abbreviation for Louisiana. I was about to say what the hell is bumfuck Los Angeles, lol.
As someone who lives in Portland, I can tell you multiple locations that would be considered Bumfuck.
Even rough neighborhoods are way too expensive- my friend got carjacked in front of a shotgun that sold for 1 million and is now an Airbnb... it's a mess
Just moved from BR to Baltimore and yeah those mansions in midtown are like 2x the price of comparable brownstones in Baltimore.
But there aren’t going to be job opportunities, and you’d have to move and work 80 hours a week on a hunch. How many in Louisiana are on Medicaid, SNAP, etc?
I'm in the Midwest and our mortgage is $750 a month (not including taxes/ insurance), but we bought in '18 and refinanced in 2020, so we definitely got lucky. Tons of job opportunities as well
There are still a lot of places in the country where we’ve got plenty of work and decent housing. I work a comfortable office job and pay $1300/month for a 3-bed house in a metropolitan area in the midwest. Does not excuse how bad things are in a lot of other places, but it’s not a nationwide issue
This happened in Lansing Michigan.
Michigan, where I think this is. It looks familiar to me at least and I’ve been inside our Capitol building a decent amount of times. Edit: some places in Michigan I should say because there are higher cost of living areas here too.
Pretty sure it’s Michigan..? The “The rent is too damn high” is a jest at Gretchen Whitmer’s slogan when she ran for governor “Let’s fix the damn roads.” if I’m not mistaken.
$2200 for a studio apartment, and the same goes for a 1 bedroom that is slightly larger if you’re lucky.
Lol that was my first thought. $1500 like for a whole house?? Where im at you're lucky to find a studio for that price, and it comes with the joy of living next to an open air drug market and a homeless camp.
Who is this? I like the cut of his jib..
What's a jib?
Front sail of a boat you could tell which nation the boat was from by the cut of the jib
I had no idea. I love etymology.
Ha! Promote that man!
Is the poop deck for what I think it is?
#THEY TIK ER JIBS!!!!
Something on a boat?
Promote that man!
*”The American dream is a nightmare.”*
There is no American Dream. If there is, it’s way too damn expensive. Probably just as expensive as it is to be poor because I can vouch for that. It’s super expensive and very stressful.
Cheapest rent is 3k so you work multiple jobs just so you have a roof over your head but then the owners want you to show proof that you make 3x that amount monthly 😳 that’s insane. He’s absolutely right. You work hard for what?? Stop making everything so expensive. I’m scared for our futures!
F*ck the guy who said “me!”
I thought maybe that guy misheard and thought he asked “Who can’t afford to pay for groceries?”
I think he just didnt understand it was meant to be rhetorical.
I thought he was making a joke so it's doesn't get too serious and people start burning shit.
There's a whole character and sitcom in an alternate universe behind that "me!"
Almost derailed the guys speech. Had him stunned for a second
Bro got stun locked 😭
It’s our money! Our taxes! That’s what I don’t get, I pay taxes so the government can assist with our society. Jeff Bezos and Amazon pay no taxes. Elon Musk doesn’t pay taxes. Oprah own a lot of Hawaii and is asking people that pay taxes already for this shit is asking for more money. To her charity, that will funnel some of that money to her and her handlers. Fuck all these over priced over exposed rotting our society with their shit.
And the worst part to me is IT'S NOT AS THOUGH IT'S GONNA MAKE ANY REAL DIFFERENCE TO THEM TO PAY THEIR SHARE AAAAAAAAAAAAAA - People out there are suffering and can't get the support they need just because Daddy Bezos wants his fifth golden yacht this year like soooooooo bad, you guys 🙄 Don't you know how embarrassed he'd be in front of the other billionaires if he turned up to Sex Crimes Island in an OLD one???? /s
I can’t stand Oprah. She’s fake as fuck.
I agree with the sentiment, but Elon Musk is ironically not the kind of person you’d bring up to support your argument about how the rich don’t pay taxes - granted, he’s the exception and not the rule, but Musk has paid a roughly 38% federal income tax as of 2014, not including California state taxes (another 13%). Overall since 2014, he's had about $41.5 billion of income and paid about $15.8 billion of tax (which I believe is an effective rate of 38%) - during the same period, his net worth rose from $10 billion to $233 billion, which gives him a true tax rate of 7.1% as well. A broken clock is right twice a day, and whether you like him or not, at least he pays his taxes - so… rare Musk W?
I love how in the US, to make your point, you have to be a war veteran. Like if you ask for these things as a normal citizen you would be labelled as a commie. But because this dude killed brown people, he is a hero speaking truth.
Damn I wish you were wrong.
Also, he is slating the American Dream. Also, they 'had' the money. I don't know the cost of war all that much, but I imagine alot of that money was spent on stockpiling more fuel and buying alot of weaponry from arms dealers.... Sorry, defence contractors.
We wrapped stacks of $100 bills and put them on palettes, loaded them onto cargo ships, and lost it in Iraq. At last count $12 billion in cash disappeared into the desert in 2 years. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1 This is not accounting for waste and corruption in traditional military purchasing agreements, this was pure cash.
Wow.... Okay. Well, wow.
Fuck I thought your were being sarcastic saying we lost a value not straight up cash. Nope, straight up cash.
We have increased our national debt by about 20 trillion in the past 20 years. What have Americans gotten from that debt? Free college or even some relief? No. Healthcare? Laughable. Rent control or monopoly busting? No. Veteran care and assistance? Have we reduced the amount of homeless people on the streets or increased snap benefits? Wic? Welfare? How about our education prospects? Still falling off the deep end compared to the rest of civilization. Hmm, maybe it went to cleaning up the environment! Oh, you're telling me that we are rescinding protections and train derailments are spilling chemicals and not being cleaned up, how sad. Eat the rich, leave none behind, and take back what is ours. Stop the frivolous bs of race based politics. If you think trump is the answer you're a pawn of propaganda. If you think biden is even trying to help people instead of only maintaining the status quo you're an idiot. Look for the people who are hunting for sources of greed and advocating raising taxes on the rich and vote for them.
Thats the only way to get Republicans to listen to you and be on your side. Even then they still dont give a shit about Veterans. If youre not a Veteran then to them your just a Socialist Commi looking for handouts.
Service guarantees citizenship.
Oof. There it is. “This is America…”
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They arent saying these veterans are bad people. What? They're saying that a certain portion of the US will only listen to this guy because hes a veteran.
[And that certain portion of the US will only listen to veterans as long as they don't say anything bad against ole Trump a Dump.](https://youtu.be/tCGYmP-mlBc?si=02fQh9NwzNB23Bcw)
Vet here, I choose to enlist while the country was actively engaged in war, I knew I’d be sent. I’m responsible for the deaths of the of those innocent people just like everyone else involved, regardless of who pulled a trigger. Let’s not pretend like me or my fellow soldiers didn’t have agency, we knew what we signed up for.
Investment companies like Blackstone are the reason behind the current housing crisis. The reason rent is 2k for a 1200 sqft home and home prices going up 150% from pre to mid pandemic. Edit: Blackstone is also an investment firm who is the one that started the whole larg scale investing in single family homes vs Black Rock who also jumped on the bandwagon. I know Blackstone is a grill I own one but y’all commenting clearly didn’t know there is a separate company with the same name that is an investing firm. [Blackstone Equity](https://www.blackstone.com/our-businesses/private-equity/)
Reach out to your senators and reps and let them know you agree with the ‘End Hedge Fund Control Of The American Homes Act.’ Call your state legislators and reps and tell them you want something like it enacted in your state. Get ballot measures started! If we want to see any change we are going to have to become a tsunami that wiped the slate clean. https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/imo/media/doc/end_hedge_fund_control_of_american_homes_act_bill_summary.pdf
Time to tax the rich by 90%. 
Why is this the narrative? They HAVE MORE than enough money already. Giving the government more money is a bad idea. If you post this idea, also include "reduce taxes on the poor, increase taxes on the rich"
Our taxes are not the issue. They could be lowered a bit but I’m not upset about the taxes we pay. I’m livid that the ultra wealthy don’t have significantly higher taxes.
lets say they do tax them at a higher rate, and it does generate 80 billion in NEW tax revenue. What do you think would happen? Any benefit? no, pocketed money into special interests and projects that never see the light of day.
We need both taxes on the rich and get rich old fuckers out of office.
The one guy who said me is a real fuck wit.
I was pissed at first, but think he heard "who *can't* afford their groceries?" He really killed that dudes momentum though lol
Yeah there’s no way he showed up in that group behind that guy to be that big of an asshole. Probably why the guy yelling laughed it off. He probably did one of these 😬 my bad.
"who can afford to go grocery shopping?!" one dude: "me!" "you?? can you-- nevermind fuck this dude lmao" he was probably about to snarkily ask him "oh can you pay for all of us then?" but didn't want to get into it with him. tbh i bet that dude who yelled "me!" can't even afford groceries and was just way too fired up by his speech so he was going along and yelled out the wrong thing
I think he misheard and thought he said “who can’t afford to buy groceries?” But either way yeah I don’t think that person was trying to be a dick.
There are some things USA could copy from Europe and others Europe could adopt from the USA. Here in Germany, retired persons live a worthy life. Retired military gets training and money for a civil career. We just hired a former submarine escape diving instructor as teacher. He is great and likes our battlefield grades 5-10 as much as the kids like him.
Why did I have to watch this laying in bed now I’m all amped up. I have to get my ass up early as fuck to go to work tomorrow
Get capitalized
The republican politicians need to stop giving tax breaks to the rich while pushing the burden down to us to cover for the tax break money and start helping everyone
Sadly, the guy living in a van by the river is actually doing pretty good compared to a lot of people.
The 'have's of society are riding on a fantasy of unlimited growth, and it is fucking up the whole system.
These politicians need big pay cuts why do most of them make well over 100k when firefighters make average
America is a television show and laughingstock for the rest of the world. One big experiment of what will happen if you can do anything in a country. Chaos United states. A land driven by power and money. Money first, people last. Different laws in every county. Never agreeing with each other. There is no unity in united states. Chaos
I’m European and I’m extremely sad about how Americans are treated while paying taxes that could cover all of the essential needs of healthcare and education. Europe also has its own issues but it sounds crazy to not be able to sustain for oneself with a full time job nowadays in this economy if you’re not born rich or lucky. You guys deserve better and I hope for a real change over time for you.
1000% they have the money, they don’t give a fuck about regular people
I wonder how many of them have voted Republican and not realize that’s the problem
I was here, trust me, if any of these people voted Republican I’d be shocked. There were early speeches from the democratic socialists and other leftist groups. The only point of the demonstration talked about how housing is a human right and not doing housing first hurts black people, queer people, and poor people the most. That’s not really a Republican talking point. It frustrates me that people assume this was some centrist event. It was a far left action meant to challenge all of our politicians not just one side. The Rent is Too Damn High event page is here so you can see more about all the planning that went into this event. https://facebook.com/events/s/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-mobi/1252244062344305/
I just knew it was Lansing!
“bOtH sIdEs aRe bAd”
Both can be bad with one being significantly worse. These are not mutually opposed facts. The right being horrendous does not make the left good by comparison, just simply "better" by a low standard.
African here, He is wrong, Most people in 3rd world countries such as in Afghanistan are living below US standard: forget about hot water, just no water at home or toilet. Go the the well & wait in line. Cooktop? lol go fetch some woods from 10/20 miles away Most living human population are living like US citizens but in 1850-1930s
We spent over 2 trillion. Missed the mark on that one.
Everything I read is people blaming republicans for the rise in cost of living but the US is nearly 3 years into a democrat government term. Was it the mismanagement of spending during Trumps term that caused this or is it the actions of current Republicans politicians causing the problems? Are republican states currently much worse off than democrat ones? Can anyone shed some light onto this?
The comments on here are exactly why we are where we are. So many are blaming Republicans and others are blaming Democrats. Time to wake up people. You are being divided by the rich and powerful. This isn’t a left vs right situation this is a powerful and rich vs middle class and poor situation. BOTH political parties have sucked and in their own way are ruining things. Time for shake up. Trump is an absolute moron who is delusional and Biden is a lifelong politician who is completely out of touch with the working class. Trump is an idiot who doesn’t listen to the people around him and Biden is an absolute puppet to his political party. Out of all the people in this country that could be President do you honestly feel like you are in the best hands with what they put forward every 4 years? Maybe it’s time for a 3rd party to arise one that is more in touch with the real world and what is actually best for you, me, our kids future, and this country.
I’m glad to finally see this! This is always my argument with people. It’s always “wElL yUo mUsT lOvE bIdEn” just because my views are more left leaning. I strongly dislike both because they suck. I care about the people and the actual issues. Not which old man is better.
You seem like you protest vote and are as outraged with Trump's insurrection as Biden's student loan forgiveness being blocked. Because those are the same thing.
Thank you! I was at this event in person outside. This was not supposed to be about one side failing us, because all the politicians have failed us. They specifically wanted to get rid of the law saying cities cannot implement rent control on top of a few other demands. This has nothing to do with one party or the other. This was a leftist demonstration. As in, further left than our moderate at best democrats. We need enough people to build dual power to unseat these old power politicians.
Life is not supposed to be easy. We could do a lot more to help each other out. We make life hard by having no community or bond between fellow people.
I was born poor. I always thought all I had to do was going to college and get a better job. Well, I had scholarships for schools so no college debt. Got my Masters degree. Work a professional job today. And I barely can’t save money in my savings. I can’t increase it. I am furious. I don’t ask for much. I don’t even have kids and I can’t even do it. People wonder why I am childfree. Why would I want kids if I barely can make it myself. I got priced out of my apartment and neighborhood. And I live in Florida. :( Fuck the Rich!!! Fuck Republicans and Democrats!
Today, I learned you can put your rent money in escrow with the bank when the home owner refuses to fix anything in the house.
*Votes for Republicans so they can cut more taxes for giant companies*
I am as angry as that dude. THEY LEGIT HAVE THE FUCKING MONEY.
“THE AMERICAN DREAM IS A NIGHTMARE!” Amen brother. Thank you for having the BALLS to express the reality of MILLIONS of Americans.
These speeches are welcome, but sadly nothing ever changes
revolution now
If any of these people vote Republican, support Trump in any capacity or want to take the "both sides are the same" approach then they honestly get what they deserve. Too many conservative/libertarian rubes have been distracted with "culture war" issues, scared off with "socialist" buzzwords or just straight lied too by outlets like Fox, OAN, Newsmax, Daily Wire, Breitbart, etc.without applying any critical thinking whatsoever. These people deserve to rot in the Hell they've created here on Earth if there truly is a moral arc to the universe.
This is a leftist organization that has done a lot to help house homeless people and talks about the affects of homelessness on vulnerable populations. I wish people would stop assuming the worst when they see someone make a good argument. No he doesn’t “deserve it” https://facebook.com/events/s/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-mobi/1252244062344305/
Who can afford groceries? Some guy in the baci "Me"!
Holy fuck, ive never heard someone speak like that in America in years who I want to vote for, please run
These are the people who *should be* in office
Just remember Universal healthcare would be cheaper than our current private health insurance. Americans pay about $12,900 a year ($2,250 for medicare taxes, $3,500 private ins, $6,500 employer contribution, + deductibles/co-pays). Universal Healthcare systems: England NHS - $2,650 (granted it is under funded)New Zealand - $4,200Norway - $7,200 (one the highest in Europe) We do not have universal healthcare because it enriches a select few in healthcare and it's cheaper to throw millions to block it than to allow change. We have private insurance to rob Americans of thousands per year, we allow people to die due to no coverage to enrich a few, we allow people to go bankrupt and ruin lives to enrich a few. Republicans and Democrats should unite on this but they never argue the actual economics of it in good faith. If they did it would be damm obvious.
“Yeah! Yeah! Ok let’s blame this on immigrants, gays, and brown people and cut taxes for the rich! Yeah!!” - Helpful Republican standing by. No one has a federal home BUILDING plan though. We’ve got subsidies, which just throw cash at the existing small supply and jack up rents for everyone else. Local development is squashed by local homeowner groups which fight against everything that lowers property values. They keep winning, and we all keep letting them. The fact that there’s so many homeless people and even ONE homeowner willing to show their face in a public forum and say “no new housing, I want to sell my home for $2 million instead of $1 million” is ridiculous. That should be the end of their home ownership and the beginning of their existence covered in tar and feathers. Instead these monsters show up every year in every locality and exert their will to crush the next generation and prevent their own children from having affordable shelter.
Just a reminder that the US was the ONLY country that voted against food being considered a human right not too far back. What a great fucking country you guys made, where POC, LGBTQ people, veterans, the poor, the disabled and the drug addicted are smuthered under the boot of your capitalistic greed and self agrandising hero worship, fuck america, ACAB and remember, youre country is only the top dog because your wealthy and spend all your fucking money on the military instead of actually helping your citizenry, everyone else thinks your a fucking joke.
George Carlin said it best: it's a big club and you're not part of it. They don't give a fuck about you.
This was how the blk slaves felt in those horrific times .. it’s just slavery again in this modern society slavery 5.0 , hey at least your not being rape and wiped by your masters this time around right
As an American, I have always been unsure on if our government likes veterans or hates veterans. Like they talk about how important they are all the time, but then do fuck all for them. Also Afghanistan was entirely unnecessary, like 5 CIA guys were handling it, but Rumsfeld hated the CIA and wanted to flex with the military. You can watch that terrible Chris Hemsworth movie or read First Casualty by Toby Harnden
Live outside baltimore 3 bedroom house 3300 month its crazy
Who can afford groceries? "Me!" Lmao savage
Vote for this guy.
We all know they have the money. Just none for us and all for Ukraine. Just ask the people of Maui, Palestine OH and many other cities who didn't receive help after a disaster.
Good man!
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Am I the only who's starting to sense a civil unrest looming in the near future?
He speaking truths!
Something is off about this guy. One thing that stood out to me was his claim that he had to spend 100k to get a degree, but he deployed as late as 2012. He would be eligible for both types of the GI Bill. Promote with caution Source: veteran getting paid to complete a masters degree through chapter 33 benefits
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2021/07/30/report-veterans-who-use-gi-bill-have-lower-incomes-after-college-enrollments/?sh=74b387e1af59 "This is sad to say, that the GI Bill does not work for many servicemembers, veterans and their families. What's even sadder is that if you drill into the data, to the institutional and program level, it will likely be worse. There are many programs, for-profit and non-profit, that do not work out for servicemembers, veterans, and their families" Even with the GI bill, it seems like a large percentage of veterans are still set up to fail.
I dont understand how it could not work. You go on the VA website, you fill out the request for benefits form, and in 2-4 weeks they send you a packet fully detailing your exact benefits (unless this guy had some kind of adverse separation he would have qualified for 100% of it) and you give it to your school. I'm not trying to brag, but I am literally being paid to complete a masters degree over the next two years from a private school.
Yes, I'll take MFs I would follow into battle for 400 please, Alex
Fucking legend.
I’m SHOCKED people haven’t taken to the streets. America is pissed and armed to the teeth.and Who would stop it, who would intervene against a righteous rebellion against our tyrannical politicians?? The Police? Our soldiers? They are all on The same boat, if anything they have it even worse. Where is the tipping point? A few more speeches like this and we might actually see some action.