Odd People And Parties Who Never Should Have Run For Political Office

The Rent Is Too Damn High Party Gets Real About The Cost Of Rent!

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A political party formed in New York with the belief that rent is “too damn high,” the Rent Is Too Damn High Party has nominated candidates twice to run for the city’s mayor. Both times, in 2005 and 2009, the party elected founder Jimmy McMillan to lead their noble charge.

As funny as the name is, McMillan doesn’t take his political stance as a joke. He believes that by eliminating the insane cost of rent in New York that upwards of six million jobs could be created. The party also wants to cut property tax and consolidate rent boards without cutting the budget from education. If it all sounds too good that’s because it is. So far in his political career, Jimmy McMillan and the Rent Is Too Damn High Party haven’t garnered more than a laugh in polling numbers.

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