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‘You May Sleep On A Bench, But I’m At 8 Percent!’
Everyone likes to complain about their financial situation. Even Bill Gates probably chews Warren Buffet’s ear off about how he’s only been able to buy three jets this week instead of his usual four. But Bill Gates wouldn’t complain to me about his Microsoft stock, and I wouldn’t complain to, oh, I don’t know, a homeless person. And so, I present, Al Taubenberger’s quote to a group of homeless people at yesterday’s homeless rally.
Al Taubenberger’s check book is probably not as big as Michael Nutter’s. But, hey, he has a check book. Tune in tomorrow, when Taubenberger addresses a group of wildfire victims in California who lost their house and complains about how he could really use a new bathroom. Friday Morning Wake-Up [Metropolis] |
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Probably the most braindead thing I’ve heard any politician say all year, and that is truly an accomplishment.
Sounds more like a joke gone bad than Al trying to say something bad to me. What about the rest of his time there? You picked one bad thing. He was also stressing that in order to combat homelessness, Philadelphia needs jobs more than government assistant programs, something I agree with completely.
I happened to be there. Towards the end of his speech, poor and homeless people started shouting things out at him. Al, meaning well but in a kind of boneheaded way, thought it was a good idea to address each thing and defend the fact that he isn’t well-off financially. If you’re defending the fact that you don’t make a lot of money and hate paying your mortgage to homeless people, that’s brain dead.
No, it means he isn’t a politician. Vote for the outsider!