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SamKnause

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13. Millionaires and Billionaires should not be allowed to declare bankruptcy.

Reply to Atman (Original post)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 02:15 PM

Sep 2017

They should be forced to pay their debts.

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Trump declared bankruptcy in Puerto Rico, defaulting on municpal bonds, teacher pensions... [View all] Atman Sep 2017 OP

Is this twittering yet? Control-Z Sep 2017 #1

I'll give it a try... Atman Sep 2017 #2

Retweet. Follow. Get this out there. Atman Sep 2017 #3

Thanks, Atman. Control-Z Sep 2017 #9

Retweeted. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #14

Trump screws EVERYBODY! Nothing and no-one is left untouched. octoberlib Sep 2017 #4

Good grief Timmygoat Sep 2017 #5

First rate malignant sociopath. 58Sunliner Sep 2017 #6

I believe he used that as a distration, as well. C Moon Sep 2017 #10

Bloodthirsty leech dalton99a Sep 2017 #7

what a Son of a Bitch and Trump knows what a Son of a Bitch is Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #8

+1 dalton99a Sep 2017 #11

Politifact's take Native Sep 2017 #12

Millionaires and Billionaires should not be allowed to declare bankruptcy. SamKnause Sep 2017 #13

Yes. tecelote Sep 2017 #35

I don't understand why this is allowed. yardwork Sep 2017 #38

Because millionaires and billionaires make the rules. Atman Sep 2017 #40

As usual NO info on this shit DK504 Sep 2017 #15

It makes me furious. yardwork Sep 2017 #39

Fortune magazine says Trump didn't own the golf course. lildDemz Sep 2017 #16

Trump never OWNS anything. Atman Sep 2017 #17

This is a good point. murielm99 Sep 2017 #20

Your post is what is known as "moving the goal posts" nt vkkv Sep 2017 #31

If not for having been left a wad of money madokie Sep 2017 #18

This post IS NOT FACTUAL roomtomove Sep 2017 #19

Feel free to explain why it is not factual. Atman Sep 2017 #21

The resort was already in trouble before Trump came in the manage it. vkkv Sep 2017 #27

Trump CONTRACTED to turn it around. He took lots of fees from the resort. Atman Sep 2017 #28

Yes, Trump is a scumfuck. vkkv Sep 2017 #30

It's not accurate because borrowing muni bonds doesn't make sense A HERETIC I AM Sep 2017 #34

Facts? What are those? slumcamper Sep 2017 #23

It is at least "HALF FACTUAL." Atman Sep 2017 #25

Okay. The asshole is complicit. USER and ABUSER. That's a FACT. slumcamper Sep 2017 #32

Time to define this for what it is. slumcamper Sep 2017 #22

Well said! Trickle up success, Trickle down failures. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #36

How did I not know this? superpatriotman Sep 2017 #24

Let's be more accurate: The resort was already in trouble before Trump came in the manage it. vkkv Sep 2017 #26

I don't think this FB post is accurate::: vkkv Sep 2017 #29

Let's not lose sight of the big picture: Trump made millions, and then filed bankruptcy. Atman Sep 2017 #33

republican "values" are straight from the low side of Hell Achilleaze Sep 2017 #37

And then he sneers at Puerto Rico NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #41

He also sneers at them because they fell for his scheme. They are not as NCjack Sep 2017 #42

A Facebook post says so, so it must be true. ROFLMAO. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #43

First of all, it was not "a Facebook post" any more than a link within a DU post is "a DU post." Atman Sep 2017 #44

Not exactly true NobodyHere Sep 2017 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Atman Sep 2017 #46

Knowing how Trump does business, imagine this... Atman Sep 2017 #47