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Showing Original Post only (View all)Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony [View all]
Last edited Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:38 AM - Edit history (5)
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https://twitter.com/stevenjldamico/status/737732136187334656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/us/politics/donald-trump-university.html
Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids
"We teach the technique of using OPM ... other peoples money, reads one sales script that was obtained by The Hill. "Most students who are invited to this program use established lines of credit, like a credit card, utilizing the banks money, OPM, to handle their tuition. Im not talking about tens of thousands of dollars, but on the other hand, not a couple of hundred dollars either.
If a cash-strapped applicant said, "I don't like using my credit cards and going into debt," the playbook instructed recruiters to respond, "Do you like living paycheck to paycheck? ... Do you enjoy seeing everyone else but yourself in their dream houses and driving their dreams cars with huge checking accounts? Those people saw an opportunity, and didn't make excuses, like what you're doing now."
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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/trump-u-targeted-single-parents-with-hungry-kids.html?mid=facebook_nymag
Former Employees Call Trump University a "Façade" That "Preyed Upon the Elderly and Uneducated

http://www.cafe.com/cafes-exclusive-poll-96-americans-believe-donald-trumps-manhood-average-average-size/?utm_source=TwitterOnsite
Trump Stole Highly Private Personal Financial Info From Trump University Dupes
The playbooks instructed staff to have students fill out forms detailing their personal assets, ostensibly to provide targeted recommendations for investment. The playbooks, however, said the real purpose was to determine which students were good targets for the most expensive programs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-involved-in-crafting-controversial-trump-university-ads-executive-testified/2016/05/31/f032a488-2741-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/31/1533023/-Trump-Stole-Highly-Private-Personal-Financial-Info-From-Trump-University-Dupes
here too:
https://americanbridgepac.org/seven-most-shocking-trump-u-document-revelations/
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Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony [View all]
kpete
Jun 2016
OP
Many persons and entities were part of legitimizing this man for decades even as he ripped off
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#5
Because its not fraud its high pressure tactics similar to what car dealers use which isnt a crime.
cstanleytech
Jun 2016
#9
For 'the Donald' as for any fat cat capitalist, life is a zero sum game - for someone to win,
PatrickforO
Jun 2016
#13
