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ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
2. not paying people is part of his history
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 11:06 AM
Jan 2019

Not paying for goods or services. He'd day that the work was shoddy and just pay 60%.

Ohiogal

(32,030 posts)
3. And, he ran on "securing our borders"
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 11:10 AM
Jan 2019

While our border patrol agents are getting paid a big fat zero, as well!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. This is why I've sworn never to vote for a businessman again
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 03:21 PM
Jan 2019

If anyone runs solely on their “assets” as a businessman they simply don’t get the government isn’t about making a profit. It’s about spending money on making life better for everyone.

That concept is a cognitive disconnect for people who think the bottom line is always the goal. Especially if, like Trump, their bottom line is to enrich themselves.

R B Garr

(16,966 posts)
10. He didn't pay his contractors, either. That should have
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 05:42 PM
Jan 2019

been a big clue as to his values. He doesn’t value business relationships —only himself. He doesn’t care if everyday people suffer and don’t get paid.

Not to mention the bankruptcies. There’s a reason he needs foreign money.

And who gets to run their businesses like the mafia. There is nothing “businessman” about this traitorous fraud con man. How could people have ever believed a word out of his mouth.

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