Self-preservation, but still good news. You can't have constituents when their families have all bankrupted themselves over medical debt. Do what the rest of the modern world does and implement universal healthcare! You can still sell out your voting base for profit, but at least they'll still be around...
aimed at getting diehards to see Avatar: Fire and Ash multiple times.
That just will not happen. Not for this reason. The economy, plus people's cooling interest in Avatar movies, plus lower ticket sales in general, plus the fact that they give away too much in trailers these days anyway... All just to see a trailer for another movie? I mean, I'm going to see it and enjoy one of the trailers. But that's all I want to see.
You don't even have to abolish rent. There are giant predatory companies, small local landlords that got lucky with their timing, and everything in between. They're getting money for doing nothing, and aren't going to start contributing to society just because they have to be less wealthy for no effort! Slash rents now to get people homes, and implement rent control and price ceilings.
His wife died in 2009. Not to be a downer, but I think the article headline implies otherwise...