"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" -Oscar Wilde |
"The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." -- Proverbs 11:25 |
Trump has built an American empire from Las Vegas to New York with towering hotels and sparkling casinos. Forbes estimates he's worth $2.7 billion. But not all of Trump's business ventures have been constant money-makers. In 1991, 1992, 2004, and again in 2009, Trump branded companies or properties have sought Chapter 11 protection.
"I've used the laws of this country to pare debt. ... We'll have the company. We'll throw it into a chapter. We'll negotiate with the banks. We'll make a fantastic deal. You know, it's like on 'The Apprentice.' It's not personal. It's just business," Trump told ABC's George Stephanopoulos last Thursday.
A business declaring bankruptcy is nothing new in corporate America, where bankruptcy is often sugar-coated as "restructuring debt." But it might seem alarming to everyday Americans who can't get a bank to restructure their home loans. If you want to get Donald Trump hot under the collar, accuse him of declaring bankruptcy.
Labels: America Gone Mad, American Idiots, And You Want To Give Power Back To These People?, self-important blowhards, Teabag America
Because when a conservative acquaintance told me he found a Trump candidacy interesting and I mentioned the bankruptcy stuff he said the exact same thing: "It wasn't really a bankruptcy, it was more of a reorganization."
I mean they have to be getting these talking points somewhere. Maybe it was Fox News or something.
It never fails to amaze one that 'a bunch of idiots, ... supporting a guy who's been able to game the system over and over again for his own advantage.' These idiots know they are being lied to, chested, and stolen from through a rigged game. They know it!
Yet, the 'idiots' are totally willing to say things like, "Bankruptcy is a business tactic when playing in the big leagues. At least the man understands how the real world works."?!? And to top it all off, then they b!tch, snivel, and blame the leftists for everything being fouled up.
Ema Nymton
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Odd, how when a billionaire declares bankruptcy because his speculations didn't pan out the way he thought they would it's a "reorganization," but when an average person declares bankruptcy due to crushing medical bills, it's a sign you don't know how to handle money.