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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"all billionaires go bankrupt once in a while"
I had the misfortune to talk to a drumpfy supporter the other day (will remember not to do that again). usual reichwing propaganda bs--benghazi (he KNEW the people there, KNEW how clinton ignored them, etc) when he praised drumpfy's business acumen, I pointed out the bankruptcies, etc and he responded with "but all billionaires go bankrupt once in a while".
news to me. had not heard that defense before. still shaking head.
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"all billionaires go bankrupt once in a while" (Original Post)
niyad
Oct 2016
OP
true. I did point that out. wondering what actual billionaires have gone bankrupt at any time.
niyad
Oct 2016
#3
I don't think Bill Gates, Warren Buffet or Mark Cuban have ever gone bankrupt.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2016
#2
muntrv
(14,505 posts)1. 4 times is not "once in a while."
niyad
(113,655 posts)3. true. I did point that out. wondering what actual billionaires have gone bankrupt at any time.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,921 posts)2. I don't think Bill Gates, Warren Buffet or Mark Cuban have ever gone bankrupt.
Just to name a few. If you're actually competent at business you don't go bankrupt.
niyad
(113,655 posts)5. pretty much my thought as well.
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)4. I guess that's all I need to do then...
...bankrupt to billionaire here I come!
niyad
(113,655 posts)6. see??? and you were worried????
Iggo
(47,579 posts)7. I coulda swore that being a billionaire was the exact opposite of being bankrupt.
niyad
(113,655 posts)8. that was kind of my thought.
ck4829
(35,094 posts)9. Hmm, that doesn't appear as any good business strategy I've ever seen
Now maybe if there was a book on bad business strategies...
onethatcares
(16,195 posts)10. it's in the small print of the
Trump university mba handbook, in microfine font in several different languages in each sentence.
Just as Pam Bondi.