'Rent Is Too Damn High' Eviction

Jimmy McMillan (who ran for Governor of New York and infamously said "rent is too damn high") has been evicted because his rent was too low. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the issue.

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[CopperIron]

So... he was evicted so the rent could be too damn high.

[AstralFrost]

It's kind of irrelevant, though. He's advocating on behalf of poor New Yorkers, not so much himself. 

[azukiz]

There is no irony, he is being evicted because the landlord wants to charge a rent that is too high.

[UncertainAngel]

i can't belive he said the rent was too low... wtf society are we living in.

[brucenator]

What's amazing and enormously ironic is when $872 per month for a crappy little rent-controlled apartment is considered "too low." That means the rent is too damn high, folks.

[bluesboy]

He was evicted why? The Rent is Too Damn High!

[harshitmadan]

Bernie should start 'Medical Bills are Too Damn High' party.

[RobertVanHelsingX]

Yeah I'm paying 400 a month for an apartment filled with mold. Rent is too damn high for good quality. Rent is not controled by any government agency, all apartments are raised when other angencies raise the rent. therefore they fight for higher prices...

How is that fair for renters if no one can properly control rent. to set a true minimum.

why do the poor have to live in shit?

[Capng]

Kinda missing the point here aren't they? The fact they consider his $800+ rent too LOW is clear indicator that the rent is indeed too damned high everywhere ELSE in New York.

[Eirexeyes]

yeh, its awesome cerk!.. he is homeless & yous are having great fun with it, ...

[JACKtheRIPPR]

Lol i live in Manhattan, and the rent has always been too damn high. 800 a month is incredibly cheap. My first apartment was $1400 a month and it was still a shit hole.

[TwilightFalls]

Prices will always be too damn low for the people who are making money. This is not even an argument.

[momijinohanako]

I'm just amazed at the rents mentioned in the comments. I knew rent was high in the US, but 2200 for a two bedroom apartment? How can you even earn the salary to pay for that? My boyfriend and I live in a two bedroom as well, 20min from Stockholm City and it's only about $6-700 (more like 900 now that the $ is super low) and I consider that "normal", not even cheap. We would probably have a hard time paying more than $1000, and that's with combined incomes.

[mikefan]

i said it before and ill say it again, VOTE JIMMY, THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!

[loveislife]

I hate running into this damn channel when browsing YouTube.

[jamesryan]

You guys [TYT] have seriously degenerated since these days

[quisabest]

way to low??? that is insanely high lol

[MilitantPeaceist]

@BVargas78 True. The beauty of social housing pays for itself now & is pretty much proof of the enormous profits that are being made in the rental market when all the maintenance on the house + the rates can be covered by my $200 alone. There are 2 people living in this house including me so basically, to gov gets a profit from this house & many others. I am on a pension so it is not like I can just go out & get a job but if I did, the rent does go up according to what I would earn pro rata.

[wody]

It didnt make his campaign ironic at all ! he was all about the rent being too damn high so people couldnt spend to increase the economy, as a result of low rent he got evicted, so the next person in could be charged MORE MONEY thus rent = too damn high.

Some people need to learn irony.

[JamielPridgen]

This guy along with most are always out of touch with people...$800 is not too low thats still to fucking high..And the lower east side is not a glamerous part of Manhatten, it's about as nice as Harlem to be