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A company outsourced 1000 jobs to Mexico and Pres. Trump rewarded them with a tax-cut? (Original Post) DetlefK Dec 2016 OP
he isn't president YET!! niyad Dec 2016 #1
It isn't Lotusflower70 Dec 2016 #2
I have seen this stupid pattern on a local level. Baitball Blogger Dec 2016 #3
Good bet that Pence remained Gov. to offer the bribe and make the deal. Bad deal AT THAT. The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #4
No - Pence offered the bribe, Trump is taking the credit Retrograde Dec 2016 #5
Well, it's only until they Bettie Dec 2016 #6

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
3. I have seen this stupid pattern on a local level.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 02:13 PM
Dec 2016

The mayor of our city broke every Sunshine Law rule in the book by attending our Commerce and Industry Board meetings in 1996. That alone was not the rule-breaker. He went over the line when he directly participated in the process, talking up one business that threatened to leave the municipality. And then the mayor double-downed by using his influence to make a spot on the Commerce board for the landlord who would have lost rent from the tenant, if the tenant left.

In the end, not only did the business leave the city limits, but the landlord was given unthinkable access into the government process. He was identified by the city as an authority and whatever facts he spewed to the city regarding other projects was considered Gospel. They never fact-checked him. His lies still stand to this day.

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
4. Good bet that Pence remained Gov. to offer the bribe and make the deal. Bad deal AT THAT.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 02:55 PM
Dec 2016

Trump had no power to do it. Taking tax money to look like a savior. What a scam!

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