View Full Version : Is Trump campaign really self-funded?
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)
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
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