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  1. #81
    Quote Originally Posted by Partysaurus Rex View Post
    The point is people considered to be middle class in the UNITED STATES buy homes for 600k all the time. So for him to spend 600k on a home he plans to die in... shouldn't make a bit of fucking difference and definitely shouldn't make headlines.

    The only reason it does is because stupid mother fuckers still think democratic socialism is the same as communism, it isn't.

    It definitely doesn't make him a sell out, nor does invalidate his campaign or what he stood for, which is what this post and this article are trying to do. "Look see hes a capitalist, he doesn't care about the little people at all. What a liar, hes a typical politician!"
    The whole thing is just intended to be sort of funny. I think you are missing out on it.

  2. #82
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gilrak View Post
    Nobody is forcing you to live in a country with safety nets.
    No one is forcing you to live in a capitalist country either, move to Venezuela and enjoy the socialism instead of wanting to ruin this country as well.

  3. #83
    Quote Originally Posted by Xenyatta View Post
    My mother isn't wealthy and she has 2 houses one in NJ and one in PA. Just because she saved and invested for it doesn't mean she's taking home millions or doesn't deserve it. Her tax bills alone are more than my mortgage a month but she worked to earn it. Not all people who own multiple homes are raking in the big bucks.
    But to a person living in public housing, EVERY homeowner is rich beyond their imagination.

    What you say and the poster you quoted said, are lessons in relative meanings of words. In KC where I live, 600k will buy 95% of the homes in town, if not more. So, there is likely a lot of ignorance floating around on what a 600k house means where he bought it. But, the point of the article is: tee hee.
    Last edited by Tijuana; 2016-08-10 at 08:35 PM.

  4. #84
    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    Posting what California real estate looks like as a reference for buying real estate anywhere else in the universe is fucking retarded, sorry. Your point is fine; this is all silly but, give me a break posting irrelevant real estate from around world. That same amount won't even buy you a 500' condo on Manhattan but, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
    The fact that it still doesn't change what a middle class family can afford? The value of the money doesn't change you know

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    Interesting there are homes in the 1.5-2m range in that area and Bernie bought a $600,000 home

    http://lakechamplainrealestate.com/c...islands_homes/

    I bought my own home for $650,000 and the wife and I make a little more than Bernie's $200,000/year salary as a Senator. It's not as uncommon as this thread seems to be making it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    The whole thing is just intended to be sort of funny. I think you are missing out on it.
    *Woosh* the sound a joke makes going over my bald head.

    I'm not seeing the humor.

  7. #87
    He came out of the election a rich man.

    Makes you wonder what sort of deal was struck to have him step aside without incident after being made into such a joke by the whole DNC corruption thing.

    I'm guessing they've set him up on a few high paying boards, couple of book deals, a nice lecture tour at the Hillary rate.

    He'll live out the rest of his days as one of those 1%ers he spoke so viciously against.'

    The default line in this forum and a few others I've seen is that "oh $600k isn't that much" but that's just a weak excuse.

    The point isn't how much his house cost, its the fact that he went in with a very modest net worth and came out a multi-millionaire while spending the whole time in between ranting and raving against wealth.
    MAGA
    When all you do is WIN WIN WIN

  8. #88
    He's got to spend all that "heres some money so you dont have to be found dead of a gunshot wound on top of the nearest mountain by "suicide" money" for not challenging Hillary to hard.

  9. #89
    Quote Originally Posted by Kapadons View Post
    Except no one in America is forced to feed their kids cat food. So there's that....
    Cat food is arguably better than what some poor people eat on a daily basis, as it tends to be high in protein.

    There's a reason why the poor eat a lot high-carb, high-sugar food...it tends to be cheap and filling.

  10. #90
    Quote Originally Posted by Jester Joe View Post
    The fact that it still doesn't change what a middle class family can afford? The value of the money doesn't change you know
    Actually it does. The cost of living is different in many areas. An acceptable amount of income to put towards housing varies, based on what you can get for your money in that area. Therefore, while the actual value of the currency vs other currency is the same, what can be bought with the amount of currency in different areas varies wildly. Therefore, posting the most extreme scenario imaginable (cali real estate), as a means of making a point that the home was not expensive (that was 3,000 miles from cali), is just intellectually dishonest. /shrug

  11. #91
    Quote Originally Posted by mayhem008 View Post
    I don't understand what the big deal is with him buying a house?
    His third house when his whole stance is about "the rich have too much money!"

    So yeah there's a problem, but gotta love the apologists in here. Were it Clinton buying a home it'd be "SEEEEE SHE HAS WALL STREET IN HER POCKET!"

  12. #92
    Quote Originally Posted by Partysaurus Rex View Post
    *Woosh* the sound a joke makes going over my bald head.

    I'm not seeing the humor.
    [Man who advocates for poor buys expensive thing]

    It's a cheap shot, intended to amuse the regular posters, with a more ridiculous claim against their favorite politician than normal.

  13. #93
    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    They mocked him for living with his parents and never having a real job in life until he ran for dog catcher, or w/e his first election was for. Literally voters are the only ones in history to hire him.
    Are you actually bashing him for dedicating his life to public office? And what public office have you been voted into, again? You seem to have such extensive knowledge of how easy it is, that it is inferior in your eyes to working a "real job." I'll bet my doctor's never worked any other job than being a doctor, too. Must mean he's a worthless bum then, according to your logic.

    There's good politicians out there, and there's bad politicians. There's a whole lot that are somewhere in between. That doesn't make the job of "politician" suddenly worthless. The good ones are some of the hardest working people on this planet, that will do 500x more in their lifetime than you could ever dream of accomplishing.

    Quote Originally Posted by purebalance View Post
    His third house when his whole stance is about "the rich have too much money!"

    So yeah there's a problem, but gotta love the apologists in here. Were it Clinton buying a home it'd be "SEEEEE SHE HAS WALL STREET IN HER POCKET!"
    That's the problem with conflating the wealthy with the mega-wealthy. Bernie Sanders is wealthy. Hillary Clinton is mega-wealthy. Bernie Sanders buys a $600,000 summer home. Hillary Clinton throws a $600,000 birthday party. Bernie Sanders buys a $1,000 suit. Hillary Clinton buys $1,000 workout outfits.

    Starting to see the distinction? Everyone thinks when Bernie Sanders talks about the rich having too much money, that they're referring to the $100k a year professional who has a decent house and golf club membership. Bernie Sanders is talking about the $100 million a year magnate who owns a zip code and the golf course that goes with it.
    Last edited by Nekosom; 2016-08-10 at 08:49 PM.

  14. #94
    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    Actually it does. The cost of living is different in many areas. An acceptable amount of income to put towards housing varies, based on what you can get for your money in that area. Therefore, while the actual value of the currency vs other currency is the same, what can be bought with the amount of currency in different areas varies wildly. Therefore, posting the most extreme scenario imaginable (cali real estate), as a means of making a point that the home was not expensive (that was 3,000 miles from cali), is just intellectually dishonest. /shrug
    We're talking about saved up money here though, not income.

    Also, not quite sure government level income varies based on state in the same degree as minimum wage and retail jobs.
    Last edited by Jester Joe; 2016-08-10 at 08:47 PM.

  15. #95
    Quote Originally Posted by Nekosom View Post
    Are you actually bashing him for dedicating his life to public office? And what public office have you been voted into, again? You seem to have such extensive knowledge of how easy it is, that it is inferior in your eyes to working a "real job." I'll bet my doctor's never worked any other job than being a doctor, too. Must mean he's a worthless bum then, according to your logic.

    There's good politicians out there, and there's bad politicians. There's a whole lot that are somewhere in between. That doesn't make the job of "politician" suddenly worthless. The good ones are some of the hardest working people on this planet, that will do 500x more in their lifetime than you could ever dream of accomplishing.
    You missed a key word there: until. I said he never had a real job UNTIL he ran for office, imply politics is in fact a real job. Trigger much?

    Also, if you read what I said, I was repeating the tired mantra of others, not putting forth an original idea. If you have never heard that knock on Bernie, maybe you should not live your life in a positive feedback loop, and expand your media intake a bit.

  16. #96
    The AVERAGE house price in Greater London is $780,000.

    Man has enough money to buy below average house. Top story.

  17. #97
    Quote Originally Posted by Jester Joe View Post
    We're talking about saved up money here though, not income.
    No, WE'RE talking about an amusing cheap shot on Bernie. I don't know what YOU are talking about. You are derailing hard though.

  18. #98
    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    No, WE'RE talking about an amusing cheap shot on Bernie. I don't know what YOU are talking about. You are derailing hard though.
    This is clearly a thread that's talking about whether or not the house is of a reasonable price.

    The only one here that seems to be confusing this as another topic is you based on other responses, which seems to just assure that you don't have to much actually debate or discuss.

  19. #99
    Quote Originally Posted by Tijuana View Post
    You missed a key word there: until. I said he never had a real job UNTIL he ran for office, imply politics is in fact a real job. Trigger much?

    Also, if you read what I said, I was repeating the tired mantra of others, not putting forth an original idea. If you have never heard that knock on Bernie, maybe you should not live your life in a positive feedback loop, and expand your media intake a bit.
    wtf is a "REAL JOB"?

    There are fake jobs?

  20. #100
    Quote Originally Posted by purebalance View Post
    His third house when his whole stance is about "the rich have too much money!"

    So yeah there's a problem, but gotta love the apologists in here. Were it Clinton buying a home it'd be "SEEEEE SHE HAS WALL STREET IN HER POCKET!"
    Well yeh she does. The Clintons are in the hundreds of millions in net worth. Clinton could buy Bernie's house after 2 speeches. Bernie was talking about those in the billions/hundreds of millions that make absurd amount of cash. Not those who have accumulated some money by being financially responsible with a regular salary of 200k over a period of his entire life. I really don't get what the issue is. Clinton made more than Bernie in a whole year with one 1 hour speech.

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