Bernie 1

Some people think Bernie is too radical when really he's just a modern day FDR running in a Party that has a much closer resemblance to Reagan than to Kennedy. People forget that Nixon imposed wage and price controls. Obama bailed out the banks but let people lose their homes.

I'm 63. In my lifetime the single biggest change in the lives of most people has been that housing has become a major source of speculation, investment and profit. Every time a deal gets done the banks and investors make their money and the people who pay for it are the renters who get their rents raised or the family trying to buy a house to live in after the house has changed hands a number of times with a consequent huge increase in the price. Investors look all over the country for areas to buy and sell and jack up the prices for people trying to make a living on wages that have not kept up with the rent gouging.

In 1986 I was making $7 an hour and paying $100 a month in rent. That was not unusual at that time. 14 hours in one week would pay my rent.

So Bernie's my guy. All he's trying to do is just make sure that people don't get stomped on by the super rich who see nothing wrong in exploiting people into homelessness and despair.

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