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 In the world of euphemisms "deviations from the truth" is at the top of the list. What is the resistance to calling lies, 'lies'? And liars, 'liars'? It's crazy. Whatever happened to using the corresponding locution for the corresponding fact? 
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In the world of euphemisms "deviations from the truth" is at the top of the list. What is the resistance to calling lies, 'lies'? And liars, 'liars'? It's crazy. Whatever happened to using the corresponding locution for the corresponding fact? The irony is that when I call out a liar, my posts get deleted for violating guidelines 
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Okay, how it gets worse: Trump took the paper losses for Trump organization by accelerating the depreciation on the properties before the company went public. Thus, when the company DID go public, the assets were actually worth LESS than the value assigned and the stock, correspondingly, went from $35.50/share to $.17 - yes, a penny stock. Trump got paid 85 million, while his investors went broke and the company went into bankruptcy. I think that is either stock fraud or bankruptcy fraud, maybe both.
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Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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I think that is either stock fraud or bankruptcy fraud, maybe both. Just Trump's business model. Anybody who does business with him gets screwed. I wouldn't sell him a hot dog: He would probably bite into it and then try to renegotiate the price.
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...Anybody who does business with him gets screwed... That seems to be the business model indeed. When Trump loses next month, I predict that Trump will file for personal bankruptcy, given that his brand is so deeply toxic now - and li'l Baron will have to go work and get a real job for a living, as opposed to Uday and Qusay Trump who are living off of daddy's money and family name.
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Trump has already managed to siphon a lot of Other People's Money into his kid's accounts. He will declare bankruptcy as often as he can and that money is safe, unless the Justice Department starts unwinding some of his deals rip-offs and does a claw-back.
It's pretty rare, but it does happen. Keep in mind though, I read that one of his bankruptcy judges exempted something like a $500,000 "allowance" for him to live on.
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shooting holes in his boat He was actually shooting at his foot, but he missed...
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shooting holes in his boat He was actually shooting at his foot, but he missed... Where does Trump put his foot when he's not blowing Putin?
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