I think he made it through finance/banking.
If you think he’s a loon, you should take a look at his wife and her causes.
The poor people simply do not understand why it is harmful to raise the minimum wage. Take any product. It goes through several stages to end up at a consumers door. Take a simple carrot. It is picked, cleaned packages, shipped and put out for sale. If each step cost 20% more the end user is paying 8o% more for the carrot.