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Bucky

(53,805 posts)
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 09:35 AM Jun 2016

New Yorker: Donald Trump Has a History of Not Paying His Bills.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/06/trump-didnt-pay-his-bills-for-decades.html
[font size="3"]Donald Trump Has a History of Not Paying His Bills. That Offers Some Insights Into His Personality. [/font]

Trump has for decades looked for just about any excuse he could find to stiff everyone from plumbers to — can’t make this up — lawyers who represented him in non-payment lawsuits.

The longer version is something of a bloodbath for Trump: “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,” writes USA Today’s Steve Reilly. “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.”



Or as The Donald himself puts it...
"I love debt. I love playing with it."

Here's the USA Today article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/09/donald-trump-unpaid-bills-republican-president-laswuits/85297274/

Here's some quotes from it...
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.
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New Yorker: Donald Trump Has a History of Not Paying His Bills. (Original Post) Bucky Jun 2016 OP
Kick, rec and WTF! Cooley Hurd Jun 2016 #1
he is unfit to work in america's sewers spanone Jun 2016 #2
Another nickname for him! Let's start calling him Welsh! backscatter712 Jun 2016 #3
No, I think we've had enough racism this year Bucky Jun 2016 #11
He needs to be indelibly branded with this label: Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #4
DEADBEAT DONALD!!!!!!! AmBlue Jun 2016 #6
You beat me to it! meow2u3 Jun 2016 #8
submitted for your consideration... alterfurz Jun 2016 #5
Personally, I love BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #7
This is good reason for him to release his tax returns ToxMarz Jun 2016 #9
Good article but the title is misleading. The article isn't from the New Yorker, it's from New York Shrike47 Jun 2016 #10
Did you see the USA Today links in the OP? Bucky Jun 2016 #12
Yes. I also read the article. But the New Yorker has a reputation for in depth, honest reporting. Shrike47 Jun 2016 #13
Your thread title seems to claim this info is from The New Yorker Cal Carpenter Jun 2016 #14
K&R napkinz Jun 2016 #15
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
1. Kick, rec and WTF!
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 09:42 AM
Jun 2016

How does this guy get credit? I miss a single payment on something and my score drops 50 points. This asscarrot's whole MO is to stiff people and they give him MORE money to build crap no one wants or needs.

PT Barnum, you have met your match...

ToxMarz

(2,154 posts)
9. This is good reason for him to release his tax returns
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:25 AM
Jun 2016

The way he earns his money it's reasonable to assume he pays little to no social security tax. Yet he would be in favor of not paying people THEIR OWN MONEY. that's what social security SAVINGS (as opposed to tax) is.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
10. Good article but the title is misleading. The article isn't from the New Yorker, it's from New York
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:54 AM
Jun 2016

Basically, it's a rehash of the USA piece. I'm glad it's being repeated and discussed, but it's not from the venerable New Yorker.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
13. Yes. I also read the article. But the New Yorker has a reputation for in depth, honest reporting.
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 12:34 PM
Jun 2016

I think it's unique reputation deserves respect.

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
14. Your thread title seems to claim this info is from The New Yorker
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 02:23 PM
Jun 2016

and it is not. It is from NY Mag by way of USA Today.

It would make sense to edit your post to reflect that.

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