Anonymous
02/21/2020 07:00
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!
That’s a low bar. Trump isn’t campaigning on taxing the rich and giving to the poor like Bernie is. Bernie should walk the walk.
+1
Trump is a capitalist, and unapologetically so. He doesn't need to justify how or why he lives in a lavish way compared with the rest of the country - he runs based on other strengths and policies. Whether you or I agree with them or not is irrelevant.
Bernie is running on the idea that the wealthy being wealthy is disgusting and wrong, and that everyone should have the same amount of wealth. That's what socialism is. He can't have a vacation home - his third home! - that costs more than most people's first homes, even if you ignore all the people who are homeless in this country. It's so ridiculous that it's actually laugh-out-loud funny.
But the whole point of Republican limited government is that rich people like Trump would donate to charity and people would decide how they want to help the poor instead of the government.
Or are you saying Trump is not a Republican?
I'm the PP. I can't speak for Donald Trump. I also can't speak for people like Oprah, who also have tons of money while knowing that people are hungry and hurting and that she could really use that money to help them. Personally, I'd feel quite uncomfortable being that wealthy and not giving a LOT more to charity than I believe they give. However, I can say for sure that I would never use my money to support a lot of the stuff that the government uses my money to support at the moment.
Not sure what this has to do with Bernie claiming to believe that being rich is a sin while he's living a life of luxury in multiple expensive homes and some of us are renting a crappy place and struggling to pay for childcare. Or worse.
It sounds like YOU are the one who resents the rich and wants to redistribute wealth. Maybe Bernie is not extreme enough for you?
Anonymous
02/21/2020 06:58
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!
That’s a low bar. Trump isn’t campaigning on taxing the rich and giving to the poor like Bernie is. Bernie should walk the walk.
+1
Trump is a capitalist, and unapologetically so. He doesn't need to justify how or why he lives in a lavish way compared with the rest of the country - he runs based on other strengths and policies. Whether you or I agree with them or not is irrelevant.
Bernie is running on the idea that the wealthy being wealthy is disgusting and wrong, and that everyone should have the same amount of wealth. That's what socialism is. He can't have a vacation home - his third home! - that costs more than most people's first homes, even if you ignore all the people who are homeless in this country. It's so ridiculous that it's actually laugh-out-loud funny.
People keep telling you over and over that socialism is not communism. Are you too stupid to understand? Socialist do NOT want everybody to have the same amount of wealth. Why can't you get this into your stupid head?
Anonymous
02/21/2020 00:25
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!
That’s a low bar. Trump isn’t campaigning on taxing the rich and giving to the poor like Bernie is. Bernie should walk the walk.
+1
Trump is a capitalist, and unapologetically so. He doesn't need to justify how or why he lives in a lavish way compared with the rest of the country - he runs based on other strengths and policies. Whether you or I agree with them or not is irrelevant.
Bernie is running on the idea that the wealthy being wealthy is disgusting and wrong, and that everyone should have the same amount of wealth. That's what socialism is. He can't have a vacation home - his third home! - that costs more than most people's first homes, even if you ignore all the people who are homeless in this country. It's so ridiculous that it's actually laugh-out-loud funny.
Bernie wants you to tax the eff out of him. How is that hypocritical?
He's not a socialist or a communist he's a democratic socialist. Look up the definitions of political terms before using then to smear. I don't want the u.s. to become socialist bit the reality is it won't. I do think it needs to be a lot more socialist than it is now. Capitalism is driving us to the brink of a dictatorial oligarchy. That's just as bad as a dictator emerging from socialism.
America is the balance between. Right now the siths have created an imbalance. We need some jedi to bring it back.
Anonymous
02/21/2020 00:14
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!
That’s a low bar. Trump isn’t campaigning on taxing the rich and giving to the poor like Bernie is. Bernie should walk the walk.
+1
Trump is a capitalist, and unapologetically so. He doesn't need to justify how or why he lives in a lavish way compared with the rest of the country - he runs based on other strengths and policies. Whether you or I agree with them or not is irrelevant.
Bernie is running on the idea that the wealthy being wealthy is disgusting and wrong, and that everyone should have the same amount of wealth. That's what socialism is. He can't have a vacation home - his third home! - that costs more than most people's first homes, even if you ignore all the people who are homeless in this country. It's so ridiculous that it's actually laugh-out-loud funny.
But the whole point of Republican limited government is that rich people like Trump would donate to charity and people would decide how they want to help the poor instead of the government.
Or are you saying Trump is not a Republican?
I'm the PP. I can't speak for Donald Trump. I also can't speak for people like Oprah, who also have tons of money while knowing that people are hungry and hurting and that she could really use that money to help them. Personally, I'd feel quite uncomfortable being that wealthy and not giving a LOT more to charity than I believe they give. However, I can say for sure that I would never use my money to support a lot of the stuff that the government uses my money to support at the moment.
Not sure what this has to do with Bernie claiming to believe that being rich is a sin while he's living a life of luxury in multiple expensive homes and some of us are renting a crappy place and struggling to pay for childcare. Or worse.
Anonymous
02/21/2020 00:05
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!
That’s a low bar. Trump isn’t campaigning on taxing the rich and giving to the poor like Bernie is. Bernie should walk the walk.
+1
Trump is a capitalist, and unapologetically so. He doesn't need to justify how or why he lives in a lavish way compared with the rest of the country - he runs based on other strengths and policies. Whether you or I agree with them or not is irrelevant.
Bernie is running on the idea that the wealthy being wealthy is disgusting and wrong, and that everyone should have the same amount of wealth. That's what socialism is. He can't have a vacation home - his third home! - that costs more than most people's first homes, even if you ignore all the people who are homeless in this country. It's so ridiculous that it's actually laugh-out-loud funny.
But the whole point of Republican limited government is that rich people like Trump would donate to charity and people would decide how they want to help the poor instead of the government.
Or are you saying Trump is not a Republican?
Anonymous
02/21/2020 00:02
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!
That’s a low bar. Trump isn’t campaigning on taxing the rich and giving to the poor like Bernie is. Bernie should walk the walk.
+1
Trump is a capitalist, and unapologetically so. He doesn't need to justify how or why he lives in a lavish way compared with the rest of the country - he runs based on other strengths and policies. Whether you or I agree with them or not is irrelevant.
Bernie is running on the idea that the wealthy being wealthy is disgusting and wrong, and that everyone should have the same amount of wealth. That's what socialism is. He can't have a vacation home - his third home! - that costs more than most people's first homes, even if you ignore all the people who are homeless in this country. It's so ridiculous that it's actually laugh-out-loud funny.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 23:54
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No one needs 3 houses when there are so many people homeless.
I’m a Democrat, and that is a ridiculous assertion. Senators need, at a minimum, a place to live in their home state and a place to live in DC. If they can afford a modest vacation property, then that’s their right. Yes, there are a lot of homeless people, but there are a lot of reasons for that, especially mental illness and substance abuse. We need to intelligently address these issues, not penalize people who are just doing their best to live a reasonable life.
You are literally arguing against socialism. Socialism is literally the exact opposite of what you just said.
FWIW, I actually agree with the bolded. I'm a conservative though.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 23:23
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!
That’s a low bar. Trump isn’t campaigning on taxing the rich and giving to the poor like Bernie is. Bernie should walk the walk.
A low bar for what? My only bar is getting Trump out of office. Literally nothing else matters to me.
Further Personal charity =/= public policy positions. Republicans are the ones who believe private charity can take the place of government, not democrats, so yours is a nonsensical objection.
I don’t care what he does with his own money if he can get even a public option for healthcare.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 23:13
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!
That’s a low bar. Trump isn’t campaigning on taxing the rich and giving to the poor like Bernie is. Bernie should walk the walk.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 23:05
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:No one needs 3 houses when there are so many people homeless.
I’m a Democrat, and that is a ridiculous assertion. Senators need, at a minimum, a place to live in their home state and a place to live in DC. If they can afford a modest vacation property, then that’s their right. Yes, there are a lot of homeless people, but there are a lot of reasons for that, especially mental illness and substance abuse. We need to intelligently address these issues, not penalize people who are just doing their best to live a reasonable life.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 22:42
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
No one needs 3 houses when there are so many people homeless.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 22:14
Subject: The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Having multiple homes is not bad.
Being rich is not bad.
Structuring the entire country so that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is BAD.
+1. Amen. None of his houses have gold toilets. Let’s not be distracted by the increases inequality that the new tax code under Trump has wrought.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 22:03
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. A home like that in vermont doesn’t cost much, and the lake front cabin even less. His apartment in dc is modest, and necessary for his work. Of all the things Bernie Sanders is, a byproducts and non authentic are not among them.
PP here, meant hypocrite, not byproduct. Tearing apart his modest homes is exactly what trump wants us to do. We are fighting over ridiculous points here.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 22:01
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
This is ridiculous. A home like that in vermont doesn’t cost much, and the lake front cabin even less. His apartment in dc is modest, and necessary for his work. Of all the things Bernie Sanders is, a byproducts and non authentic are not among them.
Anonymous
02/20/2020 21:51
Subject: Re:The Three Homes of Bernie Sanders- pictures
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who gives a crap? I can’t stand Bernie, but this focus on his homes is ridiculous. Moreover, those places are not extravagant; in fact, the lake house looks like a dump. The DC place is referred to as an ‘apartment’. Those are townhomes. Does this mean Bernie rents an apartment in someone else’s home? Give it a rest. Focus on Bernie’s ideas, not his homes.
The Lakehouse is valued at $600,000, is waterfront, and has a guest house.
I don’t get it. He earned money. What do you want him to do with it?
He could donate some of it. He is in the top 5 percent of close to it yet donates very little.
As opposed to Donald Trump, who is not allowed to start a charitable foundation in at least 1 state?
Sorry, this objection is weak sauce, and I’m not even a Bernie Bro!