http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHEitsYJnmw&feature=youtu.be

I shouldn't have to explain who he is or why you should vote for him.

lmao that video's hilarious! i MIGHT vote for him if i heard his stances on other things.

Edited April 28, 201312 yr by XBR410

Sweet Jesus.

 

If I could vote for him, I would

Check out the debates he was in on YouTube or have a look at his own personal channel, that should give you some political insight, as well as some laughs. When he introduced himself at the big debate a few years ago, that was one of the funniest things I've seen in politics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4o-TeMHys0

 

Edited April 28, 201312 yr by unr3al

This is still my favorite politician:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d_FvgQ1csE

I'm just gonna vote for him based on his facial hair!

Vote for him based on the first part of the video. The cost of the average apartment in NY. I had to move out of my old apartment to my current location because the rent was too high, and it only cost about 1/3rd of what that YouTube video quoted. Average-joe jobs can't pay for apartments that don't look, smell or shelter you better than a pile of sh*t would.

Hell yes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYyYW_1CUs&list=UU8Hk-0sNLw-YJDlNnCAfP4A&index=20

This video could be a good source of information for people who actually want to know how he'd lower the rent. He rambles for a bit, but a few minutes in he explains the following (not a quote, just summarizing his statements):

Landlords can only increase rent based on a certain percentage mandated by the state, and this was relatively well monitored. So people who have owned an apartment since the 70's are still paying rates around $900-1000. As monitoring of these laws slipped, and technology has advanced (allowing things like online registration and contact information), a lot of things have changed. Landlords may "cheat" people by claiming they put $35,000 worth of work into fixing up an apartment building without having to submit proof to anyone, and therefore say the apartment is worth $3,500 per month. There is no law stating that they have to lower it after 10 months (10 X 3,500 = 35,000). That would be the right thing to do, but they don't do it. So after 10 months in the scenario I just used, the person renting the apartment is overpaying big time. Landlords charge late fees, which are prohibited in the state of New York, but people pay them anyway because they don't know the law. Or if they don't pay it, the landlords may call for eviction on the tenant in question and nobody checks on it. Landlords in the inner city areas of New York can also be illegal immigrants who aren't registered as a citizen, never mind as a legitimate business owner. They can also in certain cases be tied to organized crime, letting activities go on in their apartment complexes that are against the law. These people can falsify records and contact information, or simply not give out any if a tenant decides to try and investigate the issue. Landlords have the option today of posting a tenant history online, which shows you what the last tenant before you was paying for their rent during their stay. It's not required by law to post it, but it probably should be. While New York is a great state, and NYC is a great city and arguably the "true" capital of our nation as opposed to the official capital, Washington D.C., nobody's given it a thorough cleaning since Rudy Giuliani's reign when he decapitated the Italian Mafia leadership in NYC.

Jimmy stumbles around trying to get to his point a little in this video, but I thought I'd post an example of why he'd be a good candidate for NYC Mayor instead of saying his goatee is cool (which it is). The only things I would say negative about him is that some of his ideas for enforcing this need a little tweaking. Eviction freezes could work if properly monitored. But putting a law in place that prevents it for a certain number of months or years is too black and white. I also wish he didn't have his own party, because that's going to make raising funds a million times harder, no matter how much the internet likes you. And on a personal note, although I could care less how he's been delivering his points, his lack of speech preparation and his down to earth statements about current events aren't going to make him a majority vote candidate. =/

Oh well. Maybe a Republican or Democrat will adopt one of his policies. lol

Edited April 29, 201312 yr by unr3al

Haha the first video :D