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originally posted by: seeknoevil
a reply to: nwtrucker
I like Trump as well. He's better than Hillary or Bernie. And next in line after Paul , would be Trump in my choices.. We'll see , so far we have been let down time after time. America is dying . The United States Of America is dying and Obama is trying to deliver the death blow.
originally posted by: FyreByrd
a reply to: seeknoevil
NOTE to Original Poster - WALL of TEXT - HARD to READ. NEED SPACE. REST EYES.
Not many people will read beyond the first line or two even with lots of space between lines of text.
Welcome.
originally posted by: seeknoevil
1) upholding the constitution and the bill of rights. Period. By ensuring we have those tenets of our land , kept intact , assures that everyone has a place , and equality under the law.
They give us their throw away technologies that use up natural resources and produce massive waste , yet blame us and want to fine us for using what they give us.
And yes , what about below poverty wages
bail outs and welfare for wall street and banks , this is insanity.
you must allow the govt to vaccinate you. Forced invasive medical procedures.
We don't need our army to invade any countries.No wonder every other nation hates us , it's because of what our military complex does.. and we don't hear about it because they black out information.
Take back your country and revamp the system. NO AGENDA"s other than the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. because those two basic things , just those two , if they were followed to the law , would ensure a place for every American and that includes naturalized citizens.
We can be arrested without due process... and detained indefinitely.
All of our communications are monitored , why?
originally posted by: nwtrucker
Self financed, therefore not bought.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: nwtrucker
Self financed, therefore not bought.
I'll avoid any comments on Trumps politics since it's too late at night for me to get started on that right now. Instead I just want to address this myth. Trump CLAIMS to be self financed but it's simply not true. His campaign has taken in donation amounts comparable to the other candidates, and he has spent that money rather than his own. Trump hasn't spent any of his own money on his campaign since June, shortly after announcing.
Furthermore, Trump doesn't have a huge bank account relative to his wealth. He has access to a lot of money by selling shares in his business, but his regular income, and thus his quick access to cash is somewhat limited (this is true for all billionaires and even most millionaires, they take compensation as capital gains for tax purposes). When he does want to raise money, he needs to sell shares of his business, and for the $2 billion this campaign needs that's going to be a lot of shares. There are a lot of big buyers out there who will happily purchase those shares in exchange for concessions from Trump.
Also, Trump has only pledged to spend $100 million of his own money on this campaign. That's a mere 5% of what it's going to take to win. The numbers don't add up. Trump has backers staying in the shadows and he's pretending he doesn't.
originally posted by: Aazadan
a reply to: nwtrucker
Well, when looking at the accounting of his campaign what I see is that Trump isn't spending money, instead he's directly pocketing it from his donors. He has loaned his campaign about $1 million so far, but as is typical of campaigns the interest rate is kept secret and Trump can repay himself from his campaign at any point. One of the biggest expenses of his campaign is rent for their office, which is in Trump Towers. Conveniently enough, Trump is charging his campaign $144,000 in rent just to be there every month. Basically paying himself from his campaign. This happens at many of his rallies too, he holds them in his buildings, then the buildings charge the campaign for the event, and Trump collects that fee.
Now, to be fair all of this is pretty small change for Trump, we're talking about a couple million for a guy worth $8 billion but so far he hasn't been self funding, instead he's doing just the opposite. His campaign is paying him for the privilege of using him to run for president. He's basically just personally pocketing all of the donations sent to him.
originally posted by: nwtrucker
Gee, any different than any other candidate? All candidates are paid for the 'privilege' as you say.
So continuing micro-analyzing him....Likely I will find more to admire....
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: nwtrucker
Gee, any different than any other candidate? All candidates are paid for the 'privilege' as you say.
No, they aren't. Most candidates do not directly pocket money from their campaign there are even laws against doing so. Trump is just using some loopholes in those laws (loans, and charging his own businesses).
So continuing micro-analyzing him....Likely I will find more to admire....
It's not micro analyzing him at all, anyways you or anyone else should for who they like the most. Just don't vote for someone based on incomplete information.
originally posted by: nwtrucker
Loop holes?? Really? Trump invented/'discovered them?? Really? No one else makes use of loopholes? Really??
Complete information would include a similar analysis of all the candidates. Yes??
Damn, you'd make a lousy lawyer....