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Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast
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Bernie isn't rich. He's in the low millions, which pretty much can't even buy a home in most places anymore.
If someone has even 1 million dollars they're rich. That's the thing about numbers. They're infinate.
You say you couldn't even buy a house with a few million dollars? I could buy a house for $70,000.
For another $10,000 I could fit the house with solar, and use the other 900,000 to live off interest.
How is that not rich?
Where are you buying a house for 70 grand?
Here in Brazil you can, but we have ways to curb real estate speculation, the government can force owners to rent or sell properties that are idle, this helps keep the prices under control. On top of that, mortgages for ones first home is strictly regulated, especially in terms of how much interest can be charged.
Oh crazy. That’s a good idea. Do you find it works well for your country?
Yup. Thanks to those controls and a federal program called "My home, My life" that I managed to buy a condo on a nice neighborhood for around $50k. By coincidence, it's across the street from the labour union founded by our current president, Lula. Sometimes he visits the place to make speeches, so I get to see him :-)
Oh that’s dope. What are wages like in Brazil? Like is it easy to find a job making around 60k a year?
Depends of which currency you're talking about. Brazilian Reais ? Sure. Minimum wage here is R$ 18k/yr, so that would be about 4x that. US Dollars ? Pretty hard, unless you're on executive levels.
But... Cost of living here is much lower than in US. Take food for example. A Discord friend from Colorado showed me a picture of a carton of eggs... US$ 7.50 for a dozen. Here in Brazil for that price you could buy around 50 or 60 eggs. Buying or renting a home is way cheaper too, fuel costs are lower, because our cars can run on Ethanol, which is 40% cheaper that Gasoline, we don't have to spend money on heating or heavy winter clothes (except for the 3 southern states, but it still cheaper than northern US. The coldest those states get around 25F).
Sure, electronics and cars are a bit more expensive, same for some luxury goods. But even with those things costing more, with wages close to the equivalent of US$ 30k, you can have a standard of living that in the US would require closer to US$ 100k.
Wow interesting. Thanks for sharing man.
Maybe in the 80's. Not now.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3284-W-46th-St-Cleveland-OH-44102/33354305_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
All I did was pull up zillow, and set the parameters for 50k-80k. This is the first result. There's 15 more.
How's the commute from there to the Capitol building where he works?
He doesn't have to work. The comment was that he could buy a house, buy solar, and never have to do anything again.
You think he works for the money?!?
Thats the whole point of the original comment. I can't figure out WHAT his motivation is, when his entire career is him basically saying "DESTROY ME! I SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY! NOBODY SHOULD!"
.........but whys HE saying that. Like I could understand if he made like 30k a year, and had a few thousand in savings. But he's the image of who's he's trying to turn the torches on. Is it intentional? Does he not realize?
Meanwhile, people read the innitial comment I made, and are defending him by saying he's not the problem.
Which completely misses the point.
Why's he saying that? Because he believes in a better world rather than acting out of self interest. Plenty of high net worth and high income individuals advocate for higher taxation. I know I'd rather live in a world where the hungry are fed and the people are housed, rather than have an extra 10% of my income each year.
He's not advocating for just taxing the rich though. He's advocating for eliminating the rich. Which he's part of.
He's not fucking rich! A few million dollars is not rich in the USA in 2025. How can you be this ignorant?
I'm never going to have a few million dollars, but just because I am lower class doesn't mean it's not possible without exploiting others!