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NightWatcher

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1. and now he has 9 billion dollars???

Reply to DesertFlower (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:48 PM

Jun 2015

Why not make him go back and pay some of the people left holding the bag for his debts in the past.

I'm in favor of getting help for getting out from under a pile of debt, but using it as a way to screw over a system only to then turn around and make 9 billion seems a bit shady to me.

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trump filed for bankruptcy 4 times [View all] DesertFlower Jun 2015 OP

and now he has 9 billion dollars??? NightWatcher Jun 2015 #1

Quick question - How in the blue hell can ANYONE hifiguy Jun 2015 #2

If trump is running the casino, then I'll take those odds. Exilednight Jun 2015 #4

And that sums up his economic plan. Exilednight Jun 2015 #3

My answer: Xyzse Jun 2015 #5

i know 3 people who did this. one DesertFlower Jun 2015 #7

Yep, it was a pretty skeazy time. Xyzse Jun 2015 #8

Most of the debt Trump incurred was through bonds that were sold to the public. underpants Jun 2015 #6