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Bo-4
02-10-2016, 03:02 PM
No, not really - in fact, he may be the first to turn a presidential run into a profit center.

Take that Jeb! :)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/politics/donald-trumps-campaign-billed-as-self-funded-risks-little-of-his-fortune.html?_r=0

Cigar
02-10-2016, 03:08 PM
Remember this is a guy who said he built a Hotel and Casino on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, without paying off anyone

... WINK WINK WINK ... BULL SH!T .. cough :tongue:

Common Sense
02-10-2016, 03:19 PM
I'm sure he pays his creative team of accountants and lawyers very well.

texan
02-10-2016, 03:34 PM
He may not have paid anyone off himself.

Seriously tho, you can build something like that without paying anyone off, the unions welcome those jobs.

Professor Peabody
02-10-2016, 07:53 PM
Hillary's campaign is funded by Wall St.

Election cycles covered: 2016

1 Securities & Investment $17,256,075 (https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/indus.php?cycle=2016&id=N00000019&type=f)

Bo-4
02-10-2016, 08:23 PM
I get that .. compared of course to Bernie who took in 6 million bucks since last night ..

Around 150k donors at an average of $35 per pop