Donald Trump Stiffed Hundreds Of People And Businesses Over Money He Owed Them

[Mark III]

http://www.wcnc.com/news/politics/national-politics/trumps-trail-of-unpaid-bills/238179758

"...Donald Trump often portrays himself as a savior of the working class who will "protect your job." But a USA TODAY NETWORK analysis found he has been involved in more than 3,500 lawsuits over the past three decades — and a large number of those involve ordinary Americans, like the Friels, who say Trump or his companies have refused to pay them.



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Paul Friel was working for his father's company when he says a dispute with one of Donald Trump's companies in Atlantic City caused his company to be blacklisted. (Photo: Craig Bailey, Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY)




At least 60 lawsuits, along with hundreds of liens, judgments, and other government filings reviewed by the USA TODAY NETWORK, document people who have accused Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work. Among them: a dishwasher in Florida. A glass company in New Jersey. A carpet company. A plumber. Painters. Forty-eight waiters. Dozens of bartenders and other hourly workers at his resorts and clubs, coast to coast. Real estate brokers who sold his properties. And, ironically, several law firms that once represented him in these suits and others.


Trump’s companies have also been cited for 24 violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act since 2005 for failing to pay overtime or minimum wage, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. That includes 21 citations against the defunct Trump Plaza in Atlantic City and three against the also out-of-business Trump Mortgage LLC in New York. Both cases were resolved by the companies agreeing to pay back wages.


In addition to the lawsuits, the review found more than 200 mechanic’s liens — filed by contractors and employees against Trump, his companies or his properties claiming they were owed money for their work — since the 1980s. The liens range from a $75,000 claim by a Plainview, N.Y., air conditioning and heating company to a $1 million claim from the president of a New York City real estate banking firm. On just one project, Trump’s Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, records released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in 1990 show that at least 253 subcontractors weren’t paid in full or on time, including workers who installed walls, chandeliers and plumbing.


The actions in total paint a portrait of Trump’s sprawling organization frequently failing to pay small businesses and individuals, then sometimes tying them up in court and other negotiations for years. In some cases, the Trump teams financially overpower and outlast much smaller opponents, draining their resources. Some just give up the fight, or settle for less; some have ended up in bankruptcy or out of business altogether.

[Mark III]

Making America Cheat Again

[Peter1469]

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[Mark III]

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lol

Do you know how fricking stupid you people look when you answer every complaint about Trump with a meme about Clinton? It's pitiful.

[AZ Jim]

This AND the thousands who lost jobs, pensions and were forced into a really rough work market in all of his bankruptcies (which he brags were not "PERSONAL Bankruptcies"). He boasts, brags about his wealth and they look for work.

[Common]

Good and they were all liberals he screwed, im going to try and vote for him twice or three times now.
You convinced me Mark lol

[Beevee]

Good and they were all liberals he screwed, im going to try and vote for him twice or three times now.
You convinced me Mark lol

At the end of November you will realise that he also screwed conservatives with a far greater degree of callousness, since the rebuilding of the GOP will take an effort to recreate a party that has been so undermined by Trump supporters.

[Mark III]

Good and they were all liberals he screwed, im going to try and vote for him twice or three times now.
You convinced me Mark lol

That was dumb , even for you.

[Captain Obvious]

Trump is the frying pan, Hillary is the fire.

[Peter1469]

lol

Do you know how fricking stupid you people look when you answer every complaint about Trump with a meme about Clinton? It's pitiful.

[Captain Obvious]

lol

Do you know how fricking stupid you people look when you answer every complaint about Trump with a meme about Clinton? It's pitiful.

When you produce one iota of criticism about Hillary then your words will begin to have credibility.

I won't wait for it.

[Common]

At the end of November you will realise that he also screwed conservatives with a far greater degree of callousness, since the rebuilding of the GOP will take an effort to recreate a party that has been so undermined by Trump supporters.

Im not a conservative, im a disgusted moderate independent who the progressive left pissed off with their demanding ridiculous agenda. Trust me im not alone.

[zelmo1234]

He is a Billionaire, he is in development and construction. I am surprised on the size of the projects that he works on it is only 3500 times.

Every time that you fire a sub contractor, they sue you. We were sued a few years ago because the lady drove through the garage door. They thought we should have put something in the garage that indicated that the door was closed. I have never seen any judge laugh so hard in my life.

[Common]

If you guys want to discuss the truth about Donald Trump Ill be glad to give you some realtime first hand information
I worked in one of trumps casino after I retired, when I first retired to moved 9 miles from atlantic city because I had half my kids there.

When Trump built the taj mahal, he had I believe 200 chandeliers custom made that cost many thousands each, He had custom pianos built, dozens a relatively small custom builder built them all. There were many many sub contractors that worked on the interior. Trump ran out of money, to date that was the most expensive casinos when built. He ran out of money and couldnt pay all the sub contractors, he had no other investors at the point. He went bankrupt and the chandelier company and the piano company and dozens of other sub contractors got pennies on the dollar and many went out of business. After bankrupticy there was a corporation started that managed all the casinos and trump relinquisted either some ownership or all and got a stipend and the casinos kept the names. No employees of the casino got hurt.

Yes hes hurt people with his other bankruptcys, but be honest here doesnt many big business and big investors do that. I know for political expediency you want to make an example of trump to pump up hillary, I got that. Trump is no worse than many out there and lets remember something.

Bankruptcy for Big Business is legal and easy to obtain, BILL CLINTON made it that with with his bankruptcy law during his presidency that made it so the little people couldnt no longer write off all their debt with chapter 13 but BIG business could. Go figure

[Captain Obvious]

If you guys want to discuss the truth about Donald Trump Ill be glad to give you some realtime first hand information
I worked in one of trumps casino after I retired, when I first retired to moved 9 miles from atlantic city because I had half my kids there.

When Trump built the taj mahal, he had I believe 200 chandeliers custom made that cost many thousands each, He had custom pianos built, dozens a relatively small custom builder built them all. There were many many sub contractors that worked on the interior. Trump ran out of money, to date that was the most expensive casinos when built. He ran out of money and couldnt pay all the sub contractors, he had no other investors at the point. He went bankrupt and the chandelier company and the piano company and dozens of other sub contractors got pennies on the dollar and many went out of business. After bankrupticy there was a corporation started that managed all the casinos and trump relinquisted either some ownership or all and got a stipend and the casinos kept the names. No employees of the casino got hurt.

Yes hes hurt people with his other bankruptcys, but be honest here doesnt many big business and big investors do that. I know for political expediency you want to make an example of trump to pump up hillary, I got that. Trump is no worse than many out there and lets remember something.

Bankruptcy for Big Business is legal and easy to obtain, BILL CLINTON made it that with with his bankruptcy law during his presidency that made it so the little people couldnt no longer write off all their debt with chapter 13 but BIG business could. Go figure

If you're a billionaire real estate investor/businessman and you don't have any bankruptcies then you're doing something wrong.

The fact that the hack left uses bankruptcies as a knock against Trump is pathetic.

They're morons.

[Common]

If you're a billionaire real estate investor/businessman and you don't have any bankruptcies then you're doing something wrong.

The fact that the hack left uses bankruptcies as a knock against Trump is pathetic.

They're morons.

That was my point, I also realize that its being used as a political hook during an election. Everyone does it

[decedent]

Imagine you had a friend whose business declared bankruptcy. After the fact, he said that it was planned -- that it was part of his business plan. In other words, he borrowed money with no intention of paying it back. He was legally protected from the people he borrowed from.

[Captain Obvious]

That was my point, I also realize that its being used as a political hook during an election. Everyone does it

This is why democracy fails, the average schlep isn't sophisticated enough to understand how business works, they just listen into the opposition propaganda and follow along like good little sheep.

[Captain Obvious]

Imagine you had a friend whose business declared bankruptcy. After the fact, he said that it was planned -- that it was part of his business plan. In other words, he borrowed money with no intention of paying it back. He was legally protected from the people he borrowed from.

I might suggest the lender is to some degree at fault for lending money to a high risk recipient.

Good luck to that guy getting a loan for another business.

[del]

This is why democracy fails, the average schlep isn't sophisticated enough to understand how business works, they just listen into the opposition propaganda and follow along like good little sheep.

yeah, i'm just not sophisticated enough to understand how you can plan to fuck over your subs via bankruptcy and this somehow makes you a business genius.

to my mind, it makes you a thief, but like i said, i'm not as sophisticated as your average cfo living in a trailer park.

please, enlighten me more.

[Captain Obvious]

yeah, i'm just not sophisticated enough to understand how you can plan to fuck over your subs via bankruptcy and this somehow makes you a business genius.

to my mind, it makes you a thief, but like i said, i'm not as sophisticated as your average cfo living in a trailer park.

please, enlighten me more.

Get a degree from Trump-U

[Common]

Imagine you had a friend whose business declared bankruptcy. After the fact, he said that it was planned -- that it was part of his business plan. In other words, he borrowed money with no intention of paying it back. He was legally protected from the people he borrowed from.

I didnt say it was part of his business plan I cant know that and neither can you right ?

[Common]

yeah, i'm just not sophisticated enough to understand how you can plan to fuck over your subs via bankruptcy and this somehow makes you a business genius.

to my mind, it makes you a thief, but like i said, i'm not as sophisticated as your average cfo living in a trailer park.

please, enlighten me more.

Del corporate raiders democrat and republican alike, buy healthy companies soley to milk every cent out of the company till they make a nice profit go bankrupt and sell it and get their original investment or + back.

Bill Clintons bankruptcy law made that business as usual with no penalties. Business and the rich can go bankrupt all the want. In his bill he stopped little people from going totally bankrupt under chapter 13 no longer can little people wipe their dept but he let the big guys have a free reign. They all do it del left right all of them

[Mark III]

This is why democracy fails, the average schlep isn't sophisticated enough to understand how business works, they just listen into the opposition propaganda and follow along like good little sheep.


Trump has spent a lifetime trying to find angles to screw other people over. He's a FUKING extreme narcissist. Are you DEAF, by the way?

A few years ago a Gallup poll showed that 2/3 of Americans believe that business in America is corrupt. Trump is a Grade A example.

Then we have people like you who applaud that corruption. No wonder the country is so screwed up.

[Captain Obvious]

Trump has spent a lifetime trying to find angles to screw other people over. He's a FUKING extreme narcissist. Are you DEAF, by the way?

A few years ago a Gallup poll showed that 2/3 of Americans believe that business in America is corrupt. Trump is a Grade A example.

Then we have people like you who applaud that corruption. No wonder the country is so screwed up.

Right, part of the reason I'm not voting for him, are you fucking blind?

Hillary and her corrupt, whoremongering husband are no better.

When are you going to open your fucking eyes for a change and see things for what they are?

Fucking sheep.

[Common Sense]

Right, part of the reason I'm not voting for him, are you fucking blind?

Hillary and her corrupt, whoremongering husband are no better.

When are you going to open your fucking eyes for a change and see things for what they are?

Fucking sheep.


The way you "see things", aren't necessarily how they actually are.

[Captain Obvious]

The way you "see things", aren't necessarily how they actually are.

So you're defending a guy who's completely "Trump = poo poo pants" and Hillary has never done wrong?

Yeah, sure...

It's idiots like Mark that are to blame for this crap kleptocracy we have and why criminals like Trump and Hillary are vying for the lead office.

[Mark III]

So you're defending a guy who's completely "Trump = poo poo pants" and Hillary has never done wrong?

Yeah, sure...

It's idiots like Mark that are to blame for this crap kleptocracy we have and why criminals like Trump and Hillary are vying for the lead office.


You are not only a hopeless big mouth, you don't make any sense either.

[Captain Obvious]

You are not only a hopeless big mouth, you don't make any sense either.

I know, this is all gibberish to you, that's my point.

You're incapable of seeing reality.

[donttread]

Making America Cheat Again

We increasingly have an entirely different rulebook for the super rich than the one the rest of us are subjected to and that beeds a lot of hatred quickly.

[decedent]

I might suggest the lender is to some degree at fault for lending money to a high risk recipient.

Good luck to that guy getting a loan for another business.

Borrowing money with no intention of paying it back seems like fraud. Bankruptcies shouldn't be built into a budget. "We don't have enough funding to build this, so we'll declare bankruptcy half way through."

[Captain Obvious]

Borrowing money with no intention of paying it back seems like fraud. Bankruptcies shouldn't be built into a budget. "We don't have enough funding to build this, so we'll declare bankruptcy half way through."

Again, the borrower has to prove their project is finance worthy and the lender has to accumulate enough data and control over the project to prove the same.

If some ham-and-egger borrows money and schlocks it off to bankruptcy, that's on the lender mostly.

Trump has a reputation among lenders lately, from what I've read, that they're skeptical about his intentions. Not that he's going to declare bankruptcy - he's not a billionaire by mistake, but because he doesn't follow through with his promises.

[Kurmugeon]

Hillary has her stiffs too, we call them tortured and burned Ambassadors.

[exotix]

lol

Do you know how fricking stupid you people look when you answer every complaint about Trump with a meme about Clinton? It's pitiful.http://i64.tinypic.com/10fc2o6.gif